Wheelchair Tennis Star Esther Vergeer Says She Has Cancer
Esther has won 25 Grand Slam titles, four Paralympic singles gold medals and three doubles golds.
- Retired Dutch wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
- The 38-year-old Vergeer has used a wheelchair since she was 8.
- Vergeer is the leader of the Dutch team for the Tokyo Paralympics Games, which open on 25 August.
Esther Vergeer, the retired Dutch wheelchair tennis star who had a winning streak of 470 matches during her record-breaking career, has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Vergeer announced the diagnosis in a tweet on Wednesday, saying her “full focus will be on the treatment and healing of the cancer. Full of positive energy and with the support of my family, friends and colleagues, I will go for it. I am sure I will get through this!”
She took up wheelchair tennis and strung together a list of titles that led Richard Krajicek, the 1996 Wimbledon champion, to call her “perhaps the most successful sportsperson of all time.”
Vergeer is the leader of the Dutch team for the Tokyo Paralympics Games, which open on 25 August.
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