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Czech Wimbledon Champion dies after long battle with cancer

PHOTO: COURTESY: Jana Novotna hugs a trophy after winning the Wimbledon Championships.d

Czech tennis player Jana Novotna, a Wimbledon champion in 1998 and 16-time grand slam winner in doubles and mixed doubles, has died at the age of 49 after a long battle with cancer, the Women’s Tennis Association said on Monday.

Novotna, who entered the tennis Hall of Fame in 2005, died surrounded by her family in the Czech Republic, the WTA said.

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