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Martina Navratilova during the Ladies’ Invitation Doubles final on July 4, 2010. Press Association via AP Images

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Martina Navratilova during the Ladies’ Invitation Doubles final on July 4, 2010. Press Association via AP Images
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?!?”
Homophobic much Elon?!? What is wrong with you?!? https://t.co/eO2bfTc4dJ
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) May 31, 2022
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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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Am I the only one who cares that Musk has no clue how to pronounce DE FACTO?🤷🏼♀️😎
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) April 25, 2022
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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.”
And I don’t blame them🤷🏼♀️
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) April 27, 2022
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Billie Jean King believes Navratilova is the best tennis player ever
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%.
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