Elena Baltacha: Former British number one tennis player dies of liver cancer

[theHandpuppet]

Wow... so young. Such a shame.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/27280549
BBC News
5 May 2014

Elena Baltacha: Former British number one dies of liver cancer
Former British number one tennis player Elena Baltacha has died of liver cancer, aged 30.

Born in Ukraine and raised in Scotland, Baltacha revealed she had the illness in March.

Baltacha, who was British number one for nearly three years, retired from the sport in 2013.

"We are heartbroken beyond words at the loss of our beautiful, talented and determined Bally," said husband Nino Severino.

Baltacha learned she had liver cancer in mid-January 2014, two months after retiring from professional tennis and only a few weeks after marrying.... MORE

[TBF]

1. Thank you for posting -

I haven't been that engaged in watching women's tennis the past few years so I had to read a few articles about Elena and liver cancer. Really tragic disease.

[joeybee12]

2. This is very sad...she was only 30...

I hope she's at peace.