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Former Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has revealed that video footage from Serbia of a tennis dad assaulting his 14-year-old daughter on the court impacted her so badly that she vomited.
Dokic - who allegedly suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her father Damir - shared her thoughts on Instagram on Tuesday, accompanied by stills from the brutal act that has horrified the tennis world.
Former Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has revealed that video footage from Serbia of a tennis dad assaulting his 14-year-old daughter on the court impacted her so badly that she vomited
Dokic allegedly suffered years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her father Damir (pictured together in 1999)
'I feel sick, I threw up and I am heartbroken after watching this,' admitted the 39-year-old.
'You think this is brutal? It is but it's a normal day for a lot of us that have been or are abused especially as children.
'Hitting, ear pulling, spitting in our faces, throwing us on the ground, punching and kicking us. Just another day for us and that includes this 14 year old girl.
'Imagine what happens behind closed doors. It's even worse. This is exactly why I spoke up about this and wrote about it.
'I always said I am not the first or the last to go through this
