Then I asked: “What is it that you love about her?”

Then I asked her, “What is it that you love about Martina?”

There was a pause on the other end of the line and a sigh.

“Oh God,” she said. “I think I’m going to cry.”

And she did. In that moment, I understood it would not be a small story.

— Sally Jenkins, Bitter rivals. Beloved friends. Survivors. After 50 years, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can. When cancer came, they knew where to turn. (Washington Post, July 3, 2023)