'I want you to know something . . . I kind of want you with me on this one'
It says much about Ross Hutchins that when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a form of cancer, less than two weeks ago, one of his biggest concerns was how his friends would take the news.
It says much about Ross Hutchins that when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a form of cancer, less than two weeks ago, one of his biggest concerns was how his friends would take the news.
Ross Hutchins, left with Andy Murray, hopes to be playing again by the end of the year. Picture: Getty
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Simon Cambers
After informing his family, the 27-year-old, one half of Britain's top-ranked doubles partnership with Scotland's Colin Fleming, Hutchins picked up the phone and called Andy Murray, quickly followed by Fleming himself.
The good news is that Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a cancer that is more common in men and especially between the ages of 15 and 35, is a largely curable disease and the prognosis is good. At the same time as he was taking in his news, though, he was also thinking of others, especially Murray.
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