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In 1999, 16-year-old tennis player Jelena Dokic, ranked 129, beat world number one Martina Hingis at Wimbledon to announce her name on the world stage. Dokic would go on to reach the quarter finals that year, but despite her success, she alleges that behind closed doors she was suffering physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her father, Damir, Jelena admits she nearly killed herself.

Now retired Jelena has been telling her story to Sportshour and how her first day on a tennis court at the age of 6 was actually the day the abuse started.

Image: Tennis player Jelena Dokic, credit: Getty images)