I thought I had COVID, but it was cancer, says Suarez Navarro


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 04 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 8, 2019 Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro in action during her fourth round match against Serena Williams of the U.S. REUTERS/Tony O'Brien

LONDON (Reuters) - When Spanish player Carla Suarez Navarro had stomach pains and sickness last summer she suspected it was COVID-19.

After tests, however, the news was far worse than she could have imagined as she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, and would need months of chemotherapy.

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