The impressive story of overcoming by Dabrowski: "Cancer is something really messed up"

Streaming ITF W75 Luan live tennis

🎾 Han Shi vs Yidi Yang

* You can watch and bet on this match live here..

Midway through last year, Gabriela Dabrowski was diagnosed with cancer, having been monitoring the development of a lump that had appeared months earlier. After a season in which she kept the situation silent and capped it off with the WTA Finals title, the Canadian tennis player opened up to the world on her social media. Several months later, the world's number five in doubles reflects on how she has dealt with this illness.

"I don't regret what the doctor told me at that moment. I am very happy with how the year has gone, what I have learned, what I have experienced," Gabriela recounted to Olympics. "It's an acknowledgment that cancer is something very tough and can be very scary. It had to happen to me, something had to shake me, and cancer did just that. It doesn't mean that I wasn't grateful for my previous life, the people in it, or the life experiences I had."

It was something bigger, because it really shook me to the core of what it means to be alive, what it means to play a sport to make a living. Obviously, at that first moment, I thought about telling more people or making the news public, but there were so many uncertainties, so many unanswered questions. I had a strong support system around me, and that was enough for me."

The moment she shared it with the world

"I started seeing posts like this and I felt like sharing more about the situation. Now, what I want is for people to know that early detection is very important. Look at my story, thanks to early detection, I'm practically fine." The Canadian continues to compete on the circuit, and after reaching the semifinals in Australia, she continues to play at a high level alongside her partner Erin Routliffe.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, La impresionante historia de superación de Dabrowski: "El cáncer es algo muy jodido"