Tennis icon admitted that she's fears that her citizenship could be taken away from her on the back of 's immigration raids in the country. The US president promised to <"launch the largest deportation programme of criminals in the history of America"> during his campaign trail.

His administration has since followed through with sweeping raids across the country , New York, Philadelphia and Houston. Navratilova, 68, moved to the States in 1975 when she was just 18 years old after leaving her home in Czechoslovakia.

It was the desire to become the world number one in that saw Navratilova make the move to the US, previously admitting at the time that she "couldn't do it under those circumstances at home". It was in 1981 that she became a US citizen and in 2008 she reacquired Czech citizenship, becoming a dual citizen.

However, Navratilova - who lives in Miami, Florida with her wife Julia Lemigova - admitted she remains in fear that the citizenship she's held for almost 45 years could be taken away from her. Speaking to BBC's Amol Rajan, the Wimbledon great said: "Everything is up in the air right now, and that's the whole point. Everybody's walking on eggshells, not knowing what's going to happen."

Immigration officers have raided workplaces and even arrested and held tourists in detention citizens, including Italian content creator Khaby Lame. The 25-year-old is the world's most popular TikTok star with 162million followers but was detained at a Las Vegas airport for 'immigration violations'.

Navratilova made clear her dislike for Trump as she said: "I'm not loyal to [US President] Donald Trump," before claiming if the US was in a similar political position when she made the decision to move stateside 50 years ago, she wouldn't have gone to America. "If I were now still in that same position [as in 1975] and I had to go live somewhere, it would not be America, because it's not a democracy at the moment," the former world number one added.

Navratilova's legacy at Wimbledon has been etched into the history of the major for almost 50 years. Her first triumph at the All England Club came in 1976 when she won the doubles title alongside her greatest rival, Chris Evert. That was the first of seven Wimbledon titles for the sporting icon who achieved a whopping nine singles titles at the venue, the most of any male or female player in tennis history.

In total, she's won Open Era record 59 titles with 18 of them coming in singles, 31 in women's doubles, and 10 in mixed doubles, which contributed heavily to her earning over £16.3m ($22.6m) in prize money during her 32-year professional career. According to , the tennis great possesses a net worth of £18.6m ($25m).

Navratilova has been a regular attendee of Wimbledon and will surely hope to make another appearance at the Grand Slam this month in what will be the 138th edition of the tournament.