{
  "id": 816312,
  "title": "Pamela Laufer-Ukeles returns to tennis after 20 years and a battle with breast cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/pamela-laufer-ukeles-returns-to-tennis-after-20-years-and-a-battle",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-13T22:51:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-905493"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pamela Laufer-Ukeles, a 50-year-old law professor and competitive tennis player, has returned to tennis after a 20-year hiatus and a battle with breast cancer. The sport she discovered at the age of eight now plays a significant role in her life, intersecting with her cancer experience. She first picked up a racket at a summer day camp and quickly excelled, earning junior tennis rankings and even competing in tournaments in Europe. However, after a 20-year break, Laufer-Ukeles was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in 2019, which forced her to stop playing. After recovering from her treatment, she returned to tennis around the time COVID-19 arrived in 2020, recognizing that the sport could help her regain trust in her body and focus on her physicality and health.",
  "summary": "The lessons she received from playing tennis and from surviving breast cancer now intersect on the courts of Ra’anana, where the 50-year-old law professor and competitive tennis player trains.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}