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Sportshour: My Unbreakable story

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My Unbreakable story

25/11/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Sportshour, My Unbreakable story

Jelena Dokic on her relationship with her father and the impact on her tennis career

Jelena Dokic discusses her relationship with her father and the impact it had on her tennis career

In 1999, 16 year old tennis player Jelena Dokic, Ranked 129, beat world number one Martina Hingis, the teenager from Australia came of age.
Dokic would go on to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon 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.

Snooker has been dominated by European players throughout its history with just three world champions from outside the continent in 90 years. But is that about to change? Sportshour’s been to meet Africa's latest snooker hopeful who's hoping to make the breakthrough.

We hear from England cricketer Moeen Ali who is currently in Australia hoping to help his side take a firm grip on one of the fiercest rivalries in sport, the Ashes and at the same time change perceptions. The spinner has become the poster boy for Islam in Britain. 

We’re also behind the scenes of athletics – with the sport preparing for a future without its’ biggest icon, the 100 and 200 metres world record holder Usain Bolt, there's also the question of how to attract new, younger fans to Track and Field. The IAAF hopes its’ new Heritage project, to be launched in the New Year, can use the sports past champions to secure its future. 

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

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