DWTS Dovolani, Navratilova Comment on Last Night's Elimination

On last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS pro Tony Dovolani and his celebrity partner Martina Navratilova were the first couple to be elimated. They spoke about their reaction to the elimination with People magazine after the televised show.

"I'll miss Tony," Navratilova commented. "We had a lot of fun. I started feeling the dances better. And I really felt so much more confident yesterday than the first week. Go figure."

Asked if he had any regrets, Dovolani told PEOPLE, "Absolutely not. Martina's probably one of the most wonderful people I've ever had the chance to work with. Not only is she a female icon, but she has probably the kindest heart I've ever met. So, I'm actually pretty destroyed right now."

The tennis legend maintains that she will continue with her ballroom dancing despite the elimination. "I will absolutely continue dancing," she said. "I love it. I will continue taking lessons. I enjoy what it does to my body and my mind."

Navratilova will continue to watch the rest of Season 14 of the dance competition to see which of her former competitors emerges victorious. "I want to see how everybody does," she says. "Roshon [Fegan] has dance experience, and Katherine [Jenkins] is dancing amazingly well. So, I think it's between those two."

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