Martina Navratilova proposes to partner at U.S. Open

Tennis star Martina Navratilova announced her engagement to longtime girlfriend Julia Lemigova at the U.S. Open where she won four singles titles and nine doubles titles.

The Czech-American icon proposed to her longtime girlfriend, former Russian beauty queen Julia Lemigova, in a TV suite between the two men’s semifinal matches at Flushing Meadow in New York City on Saturday. Their engagement was broadcast on the arena’s big screen as legions of tennis fans cheered the couple on, Australia’s 9news reported.

“I was very nervous. It came off, and she said yes,” Navratilova, who still holds the records for most singles and doubles titles in the Open era, told the Associated Press.

The couple currently resides in Florida.

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