New York, Sep 2 (AP) Former top-10 player Carla Suarez Navarro has announced that she will need six months of chemotherapy to treat Hodgkin lymphoma.

Suarez Navarro pulled out of the U.S. Open last month.

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In a video posted on Twitter on Tuesday, the Spaniard she was diagnosed recently.

"I'm fine and calm at the moment and willing to face whatever comes," Suarez Navarro said.

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She turns 32 on Thursday.

Suarez Navarro has been ranked as high as N. 6 and is currently No. 71. She is a seven-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist, including at the U.S. Open in 2013 and 2018. (AP)

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