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Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert have entertained the world as rivals for a long time. The ladies always gave their best against each other. If we talk about the greatest rivalries in tennis, they surely come well above others on the list. However, after retirement, their friendship has been remarkable. In fact, the way they react to things is pretty similar too.

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Both legends spend a significant amount of their time on social media. As tennis experts and commentators, we have seen them sharing their opinions online. Recently, Czech tennis star Barbora Krejčíková posted a couple of videos of herself dancing. Both Evert and Navratilova came up with an appreciation for the 26-year-old.

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova appreciate Krejcikova’s dance moves

Barbora Krejcikova and her doubles partner Kateřina Siniaková have done well as a duo this year. Their consistent performance this year led to their qualification for the WTA Finals in Texas. Here the Czech pair has done well so far and has won their first two round-robin matches so far.

Meanwhile, Krejcikova took time to have a bit of fun. The 26-year-old recorded her dancing moves. Later, the official Twitter account of WTA also shared the video. While the Czech showed her moves in the video, Martina Navratilova also appreciated her and shared the video.

Later, Chris Evert also shared a different video of Krejcikova dancing.

The 67-year-old showed her support and wrote, “You go girl!!!”

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Now that she has got the backing of two of the greatest tennis players of all time, Krejcikova will definitely take her own dancing skills more seriously.

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Navratilova defends Evert for her comment on Djokovic’s claim

Recently, in an interview, Novak Djokovic was speaking about his rivalry with fellow great Rafael Nadal. Praising the Spaniard, the 35-year-old said that they have had a great rivalry and have played more matches against each other than anyone else. This did not go well with Chris Evert, who played 80 matches against Martina Navratilova.

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She simply reacted “oops” on the news. The American was getting a lot of hate for correcting the 21-time Grand Slam champion. Later, Navratilova came to her support and said that her friend was absolutely right to point out the mistake.

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She also said that Djokovic didn’t say most matches in men’s tennis, he said tennis. In that way, Evert has done nothing wrong in reminding the Serb about her rivalry with Navratilova.

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