Source : ABC NEWS
Former tennis world number four Jelana Dokic says her father and former coach Damir has died.
She announced on social media that he died on May 16.
Dokic gained notoriety for his overbearing behaviour during his daughter’s career and Jelena later revealed he had physically and emotionally abused her.
Jelena, who said she had not spoken with her father for many years, posted that she was trying to focus on good memories.
“My relationship with my father has been difficult and painful with a lot of history,” she wrote.
“Despite everything and no matter how hard, difficult and in the last 10 years, even non-existent our relationship and communication was, it is never easy losing a parent and a father, even one you are estranged from.
“The loss of an estranged parent comes with a difficult and complicated grief.”
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