Jelena Dokic: ‘I haven’t spoken to my abusive father in 10 years – I sleep well at night’
Unleashed after a life unparalleled, Jelena Dokic simply refuses to hold back anymore. Contrary to an upbringing shackled up, the sharp focus of her father’s violent regime of tennis parenting, the former Australian prodigy is at peace: with tennis, with society and with her own mind.
“I’m the happiest I’ve ever been and I can really say that with confidence,” Dokic says, her freedom radiating. “I will not be defeated by my past. I’ve been able to turn all the pain and suffering into something extremely positive. My biggest strength is my vulnerability.”
If you don’t know , here’s a reminder: Dokic, a refugee from war-torn Serbia in the 1990s, burst onto the international tennis scene at 15 years of age, representing Australia after moving down under. Her results stunned and her ranking skyrocketed, with deep runs at catapulting the teenager briskly into the public eye at the turn of the century. But behind the new darling of
