Deep Reads: Bitter rivals. Beloved friends. Survivors.
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This is the first bonus installment of "Deep Reads," the best of The Post\'s narrative journalism. It\'s a story about two tennis stars, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, who turned a rivalry into an enduring friendship \\u2013 and cancer support system.
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\\ufeffTennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova became friends as teenagers but then split apart as each rose to No. 1 in the world. But they grew back together as they forged one of the greatest rivalries in sports and embarked on ambitious lives in retirement. After 50 years, they understood each other like no one else could. So when cancer came, they turned to each other.
This story is the first in a collection of new, occasional bonus episodes you\\u2019ll be hearing from \\u201cPost Reports.\\u201d We\\u2019re calling these stories \\u201cDeep Reads\\u201d and they\\u2019re part of The Post\\u2019s commitment to immersive and narrative journalism.
Today\\u2019s story was written by Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post and read by Adrienne Walker for Noa: News Over Audio, an app offering curated audio articles.
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