Navratilova, 51, said she will retain her U.S. citizenship, as well,
even though she said last year that she’s ”ashamed of what is happening
in America” under President George W. Bush, according to Radio Prague.
”We elected Bush,” she told the Czech daily Lidove Noviny last year.
”That is worse. … Nobody chose a communist government in
Czechoslovakia.”
In 2006, in a column published in the Ohio newspaper Gay People’s
Chronicle, Navratilova also said: ”I left my home country … to live in
a country where I would be free to chase my dream without the specter of
a faceless and menacing government watching my every move, spying on my
family, controlling my travels, and confiscating most of what I earned.
Ironically, today, in the name of protecting our democracy and freedom,
my chosen country’s government is behaving a lot like the totalitarian
communist regime I left behind.”
Navratilova, who won 18 Grand Slams and played in 354 tournaments before
retiring in late 2006, has plans to launch a tennis academy for young
players in the Czech Republic.
Uppdaterad 2018-05-15
