Tennis legend Chris Evert reveals ovarian cancer has returned for the third time - BERITAJA

Tennis fable Chris Evert revealed that her ovarian crab has returned for a 3rd time.

Evert, 71, said she learned of the recurrence this past play aft undergoing CT and PET scans.

“I person already undergone room arsenic the first measurement successful my curen and recovery, and will statesman chemotherapy successful the coming weeks,” she said successful an Instagram station Thursday.

The 18-time Grand Slam champion said she was stepping backmost from her ESPN Wimbledon sum and different master commitments to attraction connected her health.

Evert was diagnosed pinch ovarian crab doubly before, successful 2021 and 2023, and hit it some times. Her sister Jeanne Evert Dubin died from ovarian cancer successful 2020.

In her station Thursday, Evert called the illness “relentless” but said she will stay optimistic.

Chris Evert competes astatine Wimbledon successful 1982. Tony Duffy / Getty Images file

“I americium profoundly grateful to my aesculapian team, my family, friends, and everyone who has reached retired pinch kindness and encouragement,” she wrote. “I look guardant to seeing everyone again soon.”

Her announcement came 1 time earlier the merchandise of the Netflix documentary, “Chris & Martina: The Final Set,” which follows the careers of Evert and chap tennis fable Martina Navratilova, arsenic good arsenic their battles pinch cancer.

Evert won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, reached No. 1 successful the Women’s Tennis Association, aliases WTA, rankings, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame successful 1995. She retired successful September 1989.

“My friend Chrissie is simply a champion of champions and arsenic specified she will slay this monster again,” Navratilova wrote connected Instagram.

Navratilova was diagnosed pinch pharynx and bosom crab successful 2023 and was later declared cancer-free.

“We are each pulling for you, and cognize you will travel retired connected the different broadside crab free again- tons of love, m,” she wrote to Evert.