Canadian tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski reveals she played season while battling cancer [Video]

Canadian doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski made history in November when she became the first Canadian to win the WTA Finals alongside her partner, New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe.

It came just a few months after the Ottawa native captured a mixed doubles bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics with Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal.

But what no one knew was that Dabrowski accomplished all of this while battling breast cancer, a diagnosis she received in mid-April.

The 32-year-old shared her diagnosis for the first time on Tuesday in an Instagram post, with the hope of emphasizing the life you can continue to live if the illness is detected early.

“I know this will come as a shock to many, but I am okay and I will be okay,” Dabrowski wrote in the post. “Early detection saves lives. I can wholeheartedly agree with this.”

Dabrowski was named Tennis Canada’s women’s doubles player of …