World No. 136 Doubles Player Roberto Maytin Diagnosed with Testicular Cancer
Venezuela's Roberto Maytin, ranked No. 136 in the world in doubles, has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Maytin is 30 years old and was ranked No. 643 in singles, back in 2008. His career-high in doubles is No. 86 in doubles in 2015. He has won over $120K in prize money in his career so far and has an 0-2 record on the main ATP tour this year and an overall 15-14 record on the main ATP Tour.
This year, he has won 3 ATP Challenger titles and reached the finals in 2 others. His brother has created a GoFundme page in order to raise funds to help with the treatment of Maytin.
According to Wikipedia, he has won 14 ATP Challenger titles so far ono the tour and 18 on the ITF circuit. He has made 2 appearances in the Grand Slams - at Wimbledon in 2015 and 2016.
In the GoFundme page, his brother writes, "(Roberto) has been diagnosed with testicular cancer NO Seminoma, at 30 years old he now faces a crucial match that the life has put him for growth as an individual, as a man and as an athlete, he is forced to undergo 4 stages of aggressive chemotherapy in order to heal at all and leave no trace of a Cancer that has been moving for months causing some delicate damage. I am quite clear that life's situations are only to confront them and I am also clear that the family is the gift of God for each one of us, so in this way and in whatever way I will put my desire and my energy so that my Brother Roberto Maytin, a Venezuelan professional tennis player, is back to the courts, which is where he belongs as soon as possible, there is a word that we use every day but whose meaning and origin we sometimes ignore ... "THANK YOU".
Maytin competed most recently in the Knoxville Challenger in November - losing in the quarter-finals there with partner Robert Galloway
We wish Maytin all the best in his recovery and in case, you would like to make a contribution for the same, you can visit the link below -
from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2RyRVoA
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