Lindsay Davenport explains how Tech changed tennis for women
Lindsay Davenport reflects on how technology and training have changed tennis for women over the years.
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- Retired tennis star Monica Ceres recently announced the diagnosis of myassimus muscle (MG), a neuromuscular autoimmune disease.
- MG causes muscle weakness and fatigue, making it incurable, but affects more than 120,000 people in the US
- Diagnosed three years ago, SELE experienced symptoms like double vision while playing tennis.
Former tennis star Monica Ceres says she was diagnosed with fibroids, a very weak neuromuscular autoimmune disease with tired muscles.
According to Mayo Clinic, there is no cure for the disease and is common in women over 40 and men over 60. Over 120,000 people live in MG in the US.
SELE, 51, was diagnosed three years ago when he said he noticed symptoms when hitting a tennis ball with someone, and sometimes he saw not one but two balls coming.
“My MG journey over the past five years hasn’t been easy. I felt isolated and defeated because many of the activities I enjoyed were no longer physically possible for me,” Seles told Argenx.com. Argenx is an immunology company located in the Netherlands.
“Since then, sharing my story has made me realize that I can raise awareness of the disease, help patients advocate for themselves and help them connect with the MG community.”
The nine-time Grand Slam champion retired from tennis in 2008.
“From a tennis perspective, reset – hard reset – several times – I called the first hard reset. When I came to the US as a young 13 year old (from Yugoslavia), I didn’t speak any language. I left the family. “Then, obviously, when I become a great player, it’s a reset, and it’s difficult as a 16 year old to deal with fame, money, attention, change (all), and it’s difficult as a 16 year old. And obviously my stab wound (1993) – I had to do a huge reset.”
