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Arguably one of the greatest female tennis players of all time, Martina Navratilova has achieved almost everything in tennis. Since retiring from tennis in 2006, she has been doing commentary and sometimes appears as a tennis expert on various tennis channels. 

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In the meantime, she has also become a powerful voice on social media, particularly on Twitter. Moreover, she doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to criticizing the new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk. 

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Martina Navratilova criticizes Elon Musk on Twitter yet again

Recently, the former Czechoslovakian-American tennis star took to Twitter and slammed the new owner of Twitter. Notably, Musk put a weird tweet regarding the month of June, which irked Navratilova, as she retweeted Musk’s tweet and wrote, “Homophobic much Elon?!? What is wrong with you?!?” 

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It is worth noting that, this was not the first instance Navratilova had beef with Musk. When Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, she took a dig at him for pronouncing a word wrong. At that time, she tweeted, “Am I the only one who cares that Musk has no clue how to pronounce DE FACTO?”

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Also, after Musk’s Twitter deal, Navratilova lost many followers on Twitter, along with many other tennis players. Later, she reacted to the news and said, “And I don’t blame them.” 

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Billie Jean King believes Navratilova is the best tennis player ever

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Former American tennis player Billie Jean King always had high praises for Navratilova. According to her, Martina is “the greatest singles, doubles, and mixed doubles player who ever lived.”

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Truly, Navratilova’s records speak for themselves, as she won the most number of matches and titles in the history of tennis, in both men’s and women’s tennis. Notably, she won 22 Grand Slams singles titles, which is not the highest, as Margaret Court won 24 titles. However, she still has the record for the most number of singles titles, i.e. 167. 

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In terms of doubles titles, she won 177 titles in her career, no.1 in this category as well. What’s even more astonishing was that she won 2,189 matches in her entire career and her win percentage was 85.89%.  

Is Navratilova the best tennis player of all time? Let us know in the comments. 

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Debkinkar Maity is an NBA Writer and content head at EssentiallySports. He holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from a premier institution. He specializes in covering a wide range of themes, including trade updates and understanding fan reactions and narrating the emotions through his words, among others. A specialist in NBA trade deadlines, Debkinkar finds his passion in the Lakers' legend, LeBron James. In his free time, he also enjoys playing soccer, which adds to his already impressive understanding of various sports.

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