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Thursday, 19 January 2006 |
Jelena Dokic's father makes serious revenge threat
Jelena Dokic's estranged father has been reported to have threatened to
kidnap his tennis star daughter and to kill an Australian as revenge
for her returning to Australia.
Damir Dokic, notorious for his alarming behaviour, is quoted in Serbian
daily Kurir as saying he has "thought about dropping a nuclear bomb on
Sydney".
Damir Dokic has, in the past, claimed the Australian Open draw was
fixed, been thrown out of the US Open in 2000 for abusing staff about
the price of a meal, and he once smashed a journalist's phone at
Wimbledon.
Damir Dokic said he sought help from Serbian politicians to kidnap Jelena Dokic.
Damir Dokic, who has not spoken to his daughter in two years,
added: "I have even thought about killing an Australian in revenge, but
I wouldn't gain anything from it."
Damir Dokic said, "Australia is a spoiled nation. They can expect my revenge."
Jelena Dokic, in response to these claims, said: "This has proven to be
yet another unfortunate distraction around my return to Australia and
competitive tennis.
"I have spent my life recovering from events such as this.
"I will continue to work very hard on getting back to the top of my game and putting comments like these firmly behind me."
The WTA, the governing body of women's tennis, stated that it was
worried about the threats and would do all it could to support Jelena
Dokic.
Jelena Dokic started her career playing for Australia in 1998 before
changing countries for Serbia in 2001, but recently she became
estranged from her father and went back to Australia.
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