'I'm cured!': Tennis player Suarez Navarro says cancer gone

Updated Apr. 22, 2021 1:45 p.m. ET

Former Top 10 tennis player Carla Suarez Navarro says she finished treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma and is cured of her cancer.

“Another step forward,” the 32-year-old from Spain

“Every word of support gave me strength during the past few months,” she added, ending her message with the words: “I'M CURED!”

Suarez Navarro said in September that she had been diagnosed with cancer and would need chemotherapy.

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She was ranked as high as No. 6, won two WTA singles titles and reached the quarterfinals at Grand Slam tournaments seven times.

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