Tennis star reveals secret cancer battle in heartbreaking post five months after playing in Wimbledon final
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Wimbledon finalist Gabriela Dabrowski has heartbreakingly revealed she played through the 2024 season while receiving urgent treatment for breast cancer. The 32-year-old Canadian had kept her diagnosis in April a secret but detailed the battle she has been through in a lengthy Instagram post.
![[The tennis star, currently ranked No 3 in the world in doubles, revealed the news on Instagram]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/13/93616291-0-image-a-17_1735651611595.jpg)
Dabrowski said: 'I know this will come as a shock to many, but I am OK and I will be OK. Early detection saves lives.'. Having first found a lump in the spring of 2023, which she was told was nothing to worry about, she had a scan a year later and was told she had cancer.
![[Dabrowski (right) and her partner Erin Routliffe recently won the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/13/93616295-0-image-a-14_1735651569726.jpg)
Dabrowski did not play a match in April and May but returned in June, winning her first tournament back with partner Erin Routliffe in Nottingham. She delayed treatment in order to compete at Wimbledon, where she and Routliffe finished as runners-up, and the Olympics, while the pair ended the season by winning the WTA Finals, leaving Dabrowski ranked third in the world.
![[Dabrowski also won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, playing in the mixed doubles]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/13/93616297-0-image-a-18_1735651621106.jpg)
Gabriela Dabrowski (right) has revealed she has secretly been battling breast cancer this year. The tennis star, currently ranked No 3 in the world in doubles, revealed the news on Instagram. A post shared by Gaby Dabrowski (@gabydabrowski). In Paris in August, Dabrowski walked away from the Olympic Games with a bronze medal, having partnered Felix Auger-Aliassime in the mixed doubles.
The Canadian duo beat their Dutch rivals in straight sets to secure a medal, and at the time Dabrowski described the fortnight as the 'experience of a lifetime'. 'It all seems surreal,' she wrote. 'Why am I sharing my story now? For a long time I wasn't ready to expose myself to the possible attention and questions I'd have gotten before.
