{"id":37277,"date":"2025-09-09T23:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37277"},"modified":"2025-09-09T23:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:22:55","slug":"tennis-icon-reveals-hes-been-secretly-battling-cancer-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37277","title":{"rendered":"Tennis icon reveals he&#8217;s been secretly battling cancer &#8211; Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>The 69-year-old five-time Wimbledon champion shared his diagnosis in his new autobiography <em>Heartbeat<\/em>, co-written with his wife Patricia. The book, released early in Italy, discloses the illness for the first time. It remains unclear what type of cancer Borg faced or if he has fully recovered. <em>\u201cWe wanted to tell the story in our own way,\u201d<\/em> Borg reportedly said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/dlyviralnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101838761-15066159-image-a-59_1756997370664.avif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The Swedish star, often called a \u201crock star of tennis,\u201d won 11 Grand Slam titles before retiring at just 26. His dominance at Wimbledon, including four consecutive titles, and unforgettable rivalry with John McEnroe defined an era. McEnroe once admitted, <em>\u201cThere\u2019s magic when our names are mentioned together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Borg\u2019s story reminds fans that even sporting giants face private battles off the court. His honesty offers strength to many dealing with illness.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/dlyviralnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101840299-15066159-image-a-60_1756997416275.avif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do you think legendary athletes sharing personal struggles helps inspire others to face their own challenges?<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1599122\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 69-year-old five-time Wimbledon champion shared his diagnosis in his new autobiography Heartbeat, co-written with his wife Patricia. The book, released early in Italy, discloses the illness for the first &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37279,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37277\/revisions\/37279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}