US Open 2021: Carla Suarez Navarro - "This year was a gift"
After her first round defeat at the US Open,Carla Suarez Navarro will most likely end her career - but the Spaniard, who only beat cancer at the beginning of this year, left a small back door open.
by Nikolaus Fink
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Sep 01, 2021, 12:41 am
Exactly a year ago, Carla Suarez Navarro had completely different worries than the outcome of a tennis match. The Spaniard was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma - a malignant tumor of the lymphatic system - twelve months ago, and a return to the court was probably not the top priority at the time.
And yet Carla Suarez Navarro fought for every point on August 30, 2021 in 5th place in Corona Park in New York as always, but in the end Danielle Collins turned out to be too strong for the 32-year-old. But despite the 2: 6 and 4: 6 defeat, the world rankings 335. Feeling like a winner that day.
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"At that point last year, I didn't know whether I would be able to come back or not," said Suarez Navarro. Because after her diagnosis, the Iberian woman underwent six months of chemotherapy, and in April the relieving message followed: "I am cured."
"This year was a gift," said Suarez Navarro in New York, not surprisingly. The Spaniard originally wanted to quit after the Grand Slam tournament in Flushing Meadows, but she left a small back door open for another appearance: "At the end of the year there will be a Fed Cup final. I have to speak to the captain . "
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