Brisbane, Australia
CNN
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Former Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has hit again at on-line trolls she says have bombarded her with adverse feedback about her physique on the Australian Open.
In an Instagram put up on Monday, Dokic, who’s working as a commentator for CNN affiliate 9 on the occasion, stated the “‘physique shaming’ and ‘fats shaming’” she had acquired prior to now 24 hours was “disgusting.”
“The commonest remark being ‘what occurred to her, she is so massive’?” Dokic wrote. “I’ll let you know what occurred, I’m discovering a means and surviving and preventing. And it actually doesn’t matter what I’m doing and what occurred as a result of dimension shouldn’t matter.”
Dokic retired in 2014, after a number of profession highs together with reaching the 1999 Wimbledon quarterfinals, aged simply 16. A yr later, she made the final 4 at Wimbledon.
In 2000, she represented Australia on the Sydney Olympics, and likewise reached the Wimbledon semifinals. Her world rating peaked at No.4 after reaching the 2002 French Open quarterfinals.
However Dokic’s on-court success got here at an incredible value, as she revealed in her autobiography, “Unbreakable,” first printed in 2018.
Within the ebook, Dokic particulars the bodily, verbal, and psychological abuse she says she suffered by the hands of her father and former coach, Damar Dokic.
Dokic lower ties together with her father in 2002, leaving “in the course of the evening” with simply her racquet bag and a suitcase, she stated.
When the ebook was launched, Dokic’s father didn’t reply to CNN’s request for remark. He advised Serbian day by day Blic in 2009 that “there isn’t any youngster that was not crushed by dad and mom, identical with Jelena.”
In latest posts on Instagram, the previous tennis participant says she received’t be silenced by bullies.
“I’m right here, preventing for all these on the market being abused, fats shamed,” she stated. “I can’t change the world however I’m going to proceed talking up, calling this behaviour out, utilizing my platform for one thing good and to help different individuals on the market and to provide others a voice and attempt to make others really feel much less alone and scared.”
Dokic has spoken prior to now about her struggles together with her psychological well being. Final June, in a video posted to Instagram, she revealed she had come near taking her personal life and stated getting skilled assist had saved her.
