'Disgusting': Dokic shares DM that 'made me cry'

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Jelena Dokic has laid bare respective cases of "disgusting" online trolling that has been aimed astatine her since the opening of this year's Australian Open.

After sharing a "shameful" Instagram remark that was near connected her idiosyncratic relationship connected Thursday, stating, "Enough is enough" - the Wide World of Sports commentator posted different remark connected Friday afternoon.

"Now that the Australian Open is starting, volition Jelena Dokic effort to termination herself similar she does each year," a idiosyncratic wrote successful Serbian, with a laughing emoji.

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Dokic said she was brought to tears by the remark, labelling the exchange, "A caller low".

The 39-year-old has antecedently elaborate her acquisition of household and home unit astatine the hands of her father, Damir, increasing up, and the resulting intelligence interaction this has had connected her.

In June past year, Dokic opened up connected her intelligence wellness struggles, admitting she had considering taking her ain life successful April 2022.

"A caller debased and this really made maine outcry this greeting erstwhile I woke up and work it," she wrote.

"Just erstwhile you deliberation online maltreatment and trolling can't get immoderate worse. Almost 1 cardinal radical perpetrate termination successful the satellite each year.

"That's scary and truthful bittersweet and past radical similar this disgusting idiosyncratic and a fewer others retired determination marque amusive of it!? How disgusting.

"They should (be) ashamed of themselves."

The erstwhile satellite No.4 asked, "What benignant of a idiosyncratic tin constitute thing similar this and past adjacent worse laughter astir it?"

"A atrocious person, that's who. And of people an ignorant one," she wrote.

"I americium reasoning of each of those who person committed suicide, those who person wanted to, those who person mislaid friends and loved ones to termination and each those struggling.

"I americium warring for each of those who consciousness similar they don't person a voice, who don't consciousness similar they are being heard, for those who are struggling, for those who person struggled with suicidal thoughts, person mislaid loved ones and friends to termination and I americium warring against ignorance, atrocious people, trolls, online maltreatment and disgusting quality beings.

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"So galore are astatine their implicit breaking constituent truthful delight beryllium kind, caring and understanding.

"Sending truthful overmuch emotion to each the bully radical retired determination and particularly to each those struggling."

On Thursday, Dokic's attraction by her begetter was utilized arsenic a limb against her.

"Apparently it's OK that I was abused, beaten to the constituent of being unconscious, beaten to the constituent of bleeding with a leather belt… due to the fact that it was bully for maine and my tennis and I wouldn't beryllium wherever I americium without it," she wrote connected Instagram.

"You are right, I wouldn't person been near truthful traumatised to the constituent of astir committing suicide.

"To the idiosyncratic that wrote this and if determination are immoderate others that whitethorn deliberation similar this and deliberation that I americium lying, I truly anticipation that cipher from your loved ones ever goes done the maltreatment I went done oregon the devastating consequences it took connected my intelligence health."

Dokic's courageousness to telephone retired her online maltreatment comes arsenic Australian tennis large and chap Nine commentator Todd Woodbridge took to Twitter to condemn the connection of an online troll connected Wednesday.

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