![]() ![]() I did chemotherapy for four months, eight sessions. But I think my body reacted really good to that news and also to the treatment from the first day. Suárez Navarro: The first thing is, I'm very happy after all these months.īut the first four months, starting in September was a little bit tough because the doctor told me that I have this lymphoma. WTA Insider: What have the past few months been like for you to get to the point now where you are cancer-free and preparing to return at Roland Garros? And try to enjoy these last months in the tennis tour with the tennis family like I think I did all these years." Suárez Navarro spoke to WTA Insider from Madrid, where she has been practicing on-site at the Mutua Madrid Open, to reflect on her diagnosis and recovery and look ahead to how she hopes to finish her career. Suárez Navarro announced on social media last week that she is cancer-free and preparing for a return at Roland Garros, where she hopes to begin a farewell tour that will culminate in a final appearance at the US Open this fall. The treatment proved a resounding success. Never one to feel sorry for herself, Suárez Navarro immediately began a six-month treatment regimen that included chemotherapy and radiotherapy. "Then after one week, I said, OK, I have a problem, I don't know what it is, I have to go to the hospital."Īfter 10 days in the hospital to undergo a litany of tests, the 32-year-old was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Every day I go on court, every day I have that feeling." So I thought, OK maybe it's because it's so hot or maybe it's because I was at home for two or three months. ![]() "I felt nauseous all the time when I played tennis. "In July, I started tennis again and when I was on the court I felt really bad," Suárez Navarro told WTA Insider. But when she resumed practice in Spain in preparation for the tour's resumption last summer, something wasn't right. The former World No.6 had planned her retirement tour for the 2020 season before the global COVID-19 pandemic shut down the tour in March. Carla Suárez Navarro will hang up her racquet on her own terms. ![]()
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