Jelena Dokic’s story, in life and in tennis, can be described in one word — fighter.

Her family struggles and issues with her father are well-documented, but now she’s opened up on how that really affected her, both on and off the court.

Jelena says she didn’t have her own identity, she was lost, but it was thanks to tennis and the Australian Open she was able to come back to life.

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