Seles reveals myasthenia gravis diagnosis

Nine-time Grand Slam champion Monica Seles has revealed she was diagnosed pinch myasthenia gravis - a neuromuscular autoimmune illness - 3 years ago.

The 51-year-old has chosen to spell nationalist pinch nan uncommon semipermanent condition, which causes musculus weakness, to raise consciousness earlier this month's US Open.

Seles first noticed symptoms of nan condition, which tin impact astir parts of nan assemblage - including nan muscles that power nan eyes, astir 5 years ago.

"I would beryllium playing [tennis] pinch immoderate kids aliases family members, and I would miss a ball," erstwhile world number 1 Seles told The Associated Press.

"I was like, 'Yeah, I spot 2 balls.' These are evidently symptoms that you can't ignore.

"It took maine rather immoderate clip to really sorb it, speak openly astir it, because it's a difficult one. It affects my day-to-day life rather a lot."

Seles decided to uncover her information successful nan dream of utilizing her level to amended group astir nan disease, for which location is presently nary cure.

The American won 8 awesome titles by nan property of 19, aft capturing her first aged 16 astatine nan 1990 French Open.

But she won conscionable 1 much aft she was stabbed pinch a weapon by a instrumentality during a lucifer successful Hamburg successful 1993 and took clip distant from nan athletics to recover.

Seles played her past lucifer successful 2003 having won 53 tournaments and spent 178 weeks astatine number one.