Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro has confirmed her participation at this year’s French Open, a month after she said she had been cured of cancer.
The 32-year-old said in September that she was diagnosed with early-stage Hodgkin’s lymphoma and would need to go through six months of chemotherapy.
Suarez Navarro returned to practice in December and said last month she had completed her treatment and was cured.
The two-time French Open quarter-finalist had intended to quit at the end of 2020 but now wants to keep playing after her final season was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic and health issues.
“It makes me tremendously excited to be able to participate in Roland Garros,” she said on the official Spanish tennis federation website. “I have been working these last few months to give myself the opportunity to compete one last time in Paris. “I am looking forward to jumping on to the court and feeling again how special this tournament has always been for me.”
She had planned to compete at last year’s US Open but withdrew a week before the Grand Slam was to begin. She revealed her diagnosis a week later, saying doctors told her she had a small, curable lymphoma that was detected at an early stage.
“Tennis has given me many things and I have always wanted to say goodbye on a court,” she said.
