Dokic 'heartbroken' by tennis dad's horrifying assault

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The tennis assemblage has condemned the actions of a begetter successful Serbia, aft video went viral of the antheral allegedly assaulting his 14-year-old girl during a signifier session.

Nine commentator Jelena Dokic said she felt "sick" and "heartbroken" aft watching the footage, while Australian subordinate Daria Saville said the teen volition beryllium "broken forever."

The horrifying footage shows a antheral kicking and hitting the girl, earlier helium throws her to the crushed and kicks her again.

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Dokic, who shared her ain experiences astatine the hands of an abusive begetter successful her almighty autobiography Unbreakable, called the antheral a "monster."

"I consciousness sick, I threw up and I americium heartbroken aft watching this," Dokic wrote connected societal media.

"You deliberation this is brutal? It is but it's a mean time for a batch of america that person been oregon are abused particularly arsenic children.

A tennis manager successful Serbia allegedly assaulting his 14-year-old daughter. (Twitter)

"Hitting, receptor pulling, spitting successful our faces, throwing america connected the ground, punching and kicking us. Just different time for america and that includes this 14 twelvemonth aged girl.

"Imagine what happens down closed doors. It's adjacent worse."

Reports retired of Serbia suggest the antheral has been arrested and charged with home unit offences.

Serbian media is reporting the antheral could look betwixt 2 and 10 years successful situation if recovered guilty.

"This is precisely wherefore I spoke up astir this and wrote astir it," Dokic wrote.

"I ever said I americium not the archetypal oregon the past to spell done this but my question present is 'have things changed successful the mode our athletics and nine deals with this?'

A begetter successful Serbia is facing charges of assaulting his girl during a tennis signifier session. (Twitter)

"How astir this mediocre girl. Who volition speech astir her and support her?

"I volition archer you from idiosyncratic experience. Nobody."

Andy Murray's mother, Judy, herself a palmy tennis coach, wrote: "Horrific illustration of parental carnal maltreatment successful inferior tennis."

The antheral who shared the footage online, Croatian histrion Igor Juric, told Nine's Today helium had nary hesitation successful drafting attraction to the father's actions.

"I knew the video would spell viral and that's wherefore I posted it," helium said.

"I was afloat alert it could besides origin harm to the miss who suffers unit successful the video, but I chose the lesser evil.

"When I accidental lesser evil, it was important to maine that institutions and citizens successful Serbia recognize however overmuch this miss is suffering.

"We person to bash thing superior to halt it. I anticipation this volition trigger alteration successful our country."

The president of the Belgrade Tennis Association, Milan Slavković, said successful a translated connection the father's actions were appalling.

"We powerfully condemn the unit connected the tennis tribunal that occurred during the training," helium said.

"We person learned that it is simply a lawsuit of (alleged) home violence, since the perpetrator is the begetter of a young tennis player.

"We are cooperating with the competent authorization to get this lawsuit closed arsenic soon arsenic possible."

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