Tennis legend Chris Evert has been diagnosed with cancer

[Zorro]

(CNN)Tennis legend Chris Evert, who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles in her career, said Friday she has been diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer.

In a Twitter post linking an ESPN article Evert co-wrote with ESPN journalist Chris McKendry, Evert said she wanted to share her diagnosis and story "as a way to help others."

"I feel very lucky that they caught it early and expect positive results from my chemo plan," Evert wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. "Thanks to all of you for respecting my need to focus on my health and treatment plan."

Evert, 67, added she will appear from home at times during ESPN's coverage of the Australian Open, which begins January 17.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/sport/tennis-legend-chris-evert-diagnosed-cancer-spt/index.html

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Hope They Nail It Quickly...

...and that she'll be ok.

[malaise]

3. They did - it's Stage 1

- this is way more important to me than the ongoing saga re the entitled ahole Novaxxx DjoCovid.
Hope she recovers quickly.

[malaise]

4. They did - it's Stage 1

- this is way more important to me than the ongoing saga re the entitled ahole Novaxxx DjoCovid.
Hope she recovers quickly.

[FakeNoose]

2. Good luck Chris!

[milestogo]

5. Wow, its almost never diagnosed that early.

Good luck Chris.

[whistler162]

8. Family history, right time of year, or she just knew something

was off and the doctor listened.

By the right time of year I mean, her annual physical happened at the right time of the year.

[marybourg]

9. Because of family history, she underwent a preventative

hysterectomy. They found it in the routine biopsy of the removed organ.

[Jim__]

6. Hope they caught it in time!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. She will be in my prayers

[BlackSkimmer]

10. Her sister died of it.

I watched Chrissie play when she was just 16 in my hometown.