Former tennis star Jelena Dokic has opened up on her own harrowing experiences of being attacked after footage emerged of a teenager being abused on a court this week.
Dokic, now 39, was a former junior world No 1, and exploded onto the senior stage when she beat Martina Hingis at Wimbledon at the age of 16 in 1999. She went on to become world No 4 and won six WTA titles, but never got past the final four stage of a Grand Slam.
Indeed, her career was plagues by off-court issues, including her controversial decision to switch allegiance from Australia to the country of her birth, Yugoslavia. Her father and coach, Damir Dokic, publicly encouraged her decision, although she would subsequently reverse it within five years.
