‘I Am Not Crying….’ – Martina Navratilova Gets Emotional While Cherishing a Musical Tribute to the Great Nelson Mandela

Martina Navratilova has been one of the most active users of social media over the past couple of years. Often, she expresses her opinion about tennis and other sports while also giving a piece of her mind on various political matters. Recently, she became very emotional after listening to a musical tribute to the legendary Nelson Mandela.

Notably, the former president of South Africa passed away on 5th December 2013 as the world mourned the death of the renowned anti-apartheid activist.

Martina Navratilova gets emotional after watching a tribute video dedicated to Nelson Mandela

Earlier, Navratilova took to Twitter and wrote, “I am not crying… not!“

Notably, she was watching a video called, “My African Dream”. It was a live performance at the SSE Arena, Wembley, on December 7, 2013, 2 days after the demise of the legendary South African.

One of Mandela’s great quotes was, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.“

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Safe to say, the emotional tribute video moved Navratilova.

Navratilova’s tough battle with breast cancer

In 2010, Navratilova went through a diagnosis which caught that she has a breast cancer. At that time, the news devastated Navratilova, but the doctors caught the cancer on stage 1. As a result, she had to go through several chemotherapy sessions, a distressing experience for anyone.

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Notably, almost four years before her battle with cancer, she announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2006. Although she was only playing doubles and mixed doubles, she was very active during the regular season.

In 1994, she announced that she will be retiring from the singles competition after playing for almost 20 years. Before her retirement, she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, the fifth most in women’s tennis history. Moreover, she won 167 singles titles, the most in tennis history. In terms of her doubles achievements, she won 177 doubles tournaments, including 41 doubles Grand Slam titles and 10 mixed doubles titles.

What’s more incredible was that she won a mixed doubles Grand Slam title in the 2006 US Open at almost 50 years of age. Although she retired from tennis after that, she cemented her position as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, if not the greatest.