Nine-time Grand Slam tennis champion Monica Seles has revealed she is "learning to live with a new normal" after being diagnosed with a rare chronic neuromuscular disease three years ago.

Seles was told she has myasthenia gravis (MG), a condition which causes muscle weakness, in 2022.

The 51-year-old has told the Associated Press she first noticed the symptoms of the disease while she was playing tennis.

The Serbian-American tennis great said: "I would be playing with some kids or family members, and I would miss a ball. I was like, 'Yeah, I see two balls'.

"These are obviously symptoms that you can't ignore.

"And, for me, this is when this journey started. And it took me quite some time to really absorb it, speak openly about it, because it's a difficult one. It affects my day-to-day

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