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Jelena Dokic has revealed extra particulars on a relationship along with her abusive father, claiming that she was “silenced” her entire life.
Dokic, who was born in ex-Yugoslavia to a Serbian father and a Croatian mom, was one of many largest abilities of her technology. Whereas Dokic was capable of make some actually notable outcomes at a really younger age, her profession and life quickly went downhill due to her father Damir Dokic, who was working as her coach.
Dokic’s father, who was described as an abusive and domineering father, sought perfection from Jelena in each method potential. Whereas Dokic was giving her greatest on the court docket, it was by no means sufficient for her father.
“I used to be silenced for my entire life. From the very first day that I began taking part in tennis, the No. 1 rule was ‘By no means inform anybody something, or there will probably be large, large penalties,” Dokic advised The Age.
Dokic: My father beat me, left me unconscious even after a few of my wins
At simply 17, Dokic made the semifinal at Wimbledon in 2000. That yr, Dokic’s run at The All England Membership ended with a 6-4 6-2 defeat to former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport.
However as a substitute of celebrating Jelena’s large Wimbledon consequence at a younger age, Damir Dokic was livid at his daughter for failing to beat Davenport. After the loss, Damir Dokic refused to let his daughter again into their resort room as she was compelled to sleep within the participant’s lounge earlier than being discovered by cleaners at 2 am.
Now, Dokic claims there have been even occasions when her father would beat her and depart her unconscious regardless of profitable a match that day.
“Even when I received, I’d nonetheless at occasions be overwhelmed and abused. I had some very troublesome moments the place I used to be overwhelmed and kicked and punched to the purpose of being unconscious,” Dokic claimed.
Dokic, now 40, hasn’t spoken to her father in a extremely very long time and she or he is now in a totally totally different scenario. During the last couple of years, Dokic has been working in tennis broadcasting and she or he additionally now serves as a motivational speaker who’s attempting to assist others who could also be experiencing related issues she as soon as went by way of.
