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Chris Evert described not knowing at which stage her cancer was as "the most frightening" thing during her cancer journey as the American instantly thought of her late sister.
After the American tennis icon's sister Jeanne passed away due to ovarian cancer, the former world No. 1 decided to do some precautionary screenings.
And during one screening in late 2022, Evert entered relaxed because she was told by the doctors that they didn't expect to find anything alarming.
But then, the doctors found something that instantly raised concerns.
Later, it turned out to be stage 1 cancer.
Evert: Waiting to find out if it had spread was the most frightening thing
Then they said and I think what really made me alarmed was they said, So we have to go back in, because we have to check to make sure that it hadn't spread,'" the 70-year-old told We Are Tennis.
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"So, I had to go in for a second surgery ten days later. So there for three or four days I was waiting to find out,
"I think I was waiting to find out if I was clear or I was waiting to find out if it had spread, being Stage 3 or Stage 4, which my sister was, and that didn't turn out very well. I think that was the most frightening time in the whole experience.
By mid-2023, Evert was declared cancer-free.
But later that year, the American tennis legend announced that the disease returned.
Fortunately, the outcome was again the same as last summer it was confirmed that she once again beat cancer.
While Evert avoided the worst-case scenario, it was understandable why she felt so scared because her sister Jeanne lost her battle with ovarian cancer in 2020 February at the age of 62.
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In the same interview with We Are Tennis, the former world No. 1 said that cancer changed her perspective in a way that she does not worry herself over "stupid little things."
