Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski was on a planned break for treatment for breast cancer when she won Olympic bronze in mixed doubles with Felix Auger-Aliassime in August in Paris.
Dabrowski revealed her diagnosis and treatment timeline on her Instagram account on Tuesday.
The Ottawa native, 32, said she made the decision to have a slight delay in treatment in the summer after two surgeries so she could compete at Wimbledon and the Olympics.
Dabrowski said she first noticed a lump in 2023 and was told by a doctor not to worry after an examination. The next year, the lump was bigger and she went for a biopsy.
“The preliminary results came back that day: cancer,” Dabrowski wrote. “These are words you never expect to hear, and in…