#Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova predicts Novak Djokovic will pip Rafael Nadal to end the 2023 season as the leader in the all-time Grand Slam race in men's tennis. The Serb, who has so far never led the Slam race, could even improve his tally to 24 Major titles by the end of the year, believes Navratilova. After Nadal, Djokovic and their Big-3 rival Roger…

On the eve of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of 2023, tennis finds itself at a crossroads. In August, Serena Williams rocked the sports world when she announced she would retire following the 2022 U.S. Open. One month later, Roger Federer announced his retirement. It will be the first season without both of them since 1999. The absence…

The first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open, gets under way on Monday in Melbourne. A year after being deported from the country, Novak Djokovic is back in Oz looking to claim a record 10th men's singles title. In the women's event, world no 1 Iga Swiatek starts favourite but otherwise the draw looks wide open - could we have…

Osaka, who lit the cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021, posted a photo of an ultrasound on Twitter. She also wrote in her tweet that she's excited about this next chapter in her life."I know that I have so much to look forward to in the future, one thing I'm looking forward to is for my kid to watch one of my…

As the former tennis player Martina Navratilova is set for another deadly battle, here's listing some of her glorious highs during her illustrious career: At the start of 2023, tennis fans received a big blow as former world number one Martina Navratilova revealed in a statement to WTA, "This double whammy is serious but still fixable. I'm hoping…

Martina Navratilova thinks Iga Swiatek will also be finishing the 2023 season ranked at No 1 in the world. Swiatek, 21, replaced Ashleigh Barty at the top spot after the Australian announced a shock retirement from tennis at the age of 25 in late March. In 2022, Swiatek captured two Grand Slam titles and won eight of her nine finals. Swiatek is…

The Women's Tennis Association(WTA) has been a difficult one to predict considering the constant shuffling that happens in the rankings. For instance, Garbine Mugurza, who won the WTA Finals against Anett Kontaveit is not going to be part of the tournament after a dramatic fall in the rankings and even Kontaveit isn't part of the tournament. So is…

We are nearing the men's and women's semifinals at the 2022 Australian Open, but Wednesday is Mailbag Day. Before I dive in, a few programming notes: • The television proposition was problematic (see more below), but from here on out, ESPN should have the matches as before. • Tennis Channel's pregame show with Martina Navratilova, Lindsay…

Now that the dust has settled, following Serena Williams' dramatic exit at the US Open, it is an apt time to look past the trophies and accolades that have come to define her legacy. Her retirement has robbed us of one of the all-time greats whose back story is the stuff of legend. We will examine how this rough diamond was molded into a…

Tennis great Martina Navratilova still remembers the moment when, at age 53, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The athlete had always been fit, eaten a nutritious diet and led a healthy lifestyle, but it had been four years since her last mammogram. "I was so shocked that there was anything going on with my body," Navratilova, now 65, told…