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Former tennis star Jelena Dokic has been reduced to tears while recalling a time when she was booed by Australian fans. After winning the Hopman Cup for Australia in 1999 and playing for Australia at the 2000 Olympics, Dokic’s abusive father, Damir, made her reject her adopted country and represent Yugoslavia .
“I would take any abuse, anything in this world to not even just go through that personally, but that it didn’t take my people, Australians and my fans and everyone that always cheered for me, that it didn’t take 10 or 15 years until my book came out for them to know the truth and just how much I really love Australia.” Dokic’s book Unbreakable, has now been made into a documentary. And while promoting the film, she has made several raw and heartbreaking admissions about her past and her father.
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