WTA: Jelena Dokic: On 120 kilos and back

Former Australian tennis player Jelena Dokic gained around 60 kilos due to illness – and is currently fighting her way back into shape.

Jelena Dokic had to go through a lot in her life.At only 17 years of age, she reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 1999 and dismantled defending champion Martina Hingis 6-2,6-0 on the way.However, the great career didn’t turn out to be anything for the time being – especially because of her violent father Damir, who publicly insulted his daughter, beat herself up with journalists and ended up in jail because he had threatened to bomb the Australian ambassador in Belgrade.

After allegedly reconciling with her father in 2013, Jelena Dokic had to fight elsewhere:”A thyroid disease was responsible for the massive weight gain of the former number four in the world,” said Dokic in an interview with the Daily Telegraph,”I doubled my weight and it was a big challenge to lose it again,” he said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.It’s still work.I want to lose another 30 kilograms in the next six months.”

But, according to Dokic, it’s not about losing weight on your own, it’s about feeling good, eating healthy and permanently changing your lifestyle.At the end of her career in 2013, she developed a disease that not only prevented her from gaining weight, but also made her weak and tired, preventing her from getting fitter:” I wanted to give up several times, but it was a matter of remaining persistent and positive,”she said,” nutritionally speaking, she gave up sugary drinks and snacks, drinking green tea with ginger and three litres of water a day.In the meantime, Dokic is also under contract with a manufacturer of protein shakes.

For Dokic it is 13.November is an exciting day before: the autobiography of the election Australian woman appears.Suitable title:”Unbreakable”.

A comeback on the tennis tour does not seem to be ruled out for the now 34-year-old.However, this is a decision that she could not easily make.At the moment she enjoys playing every day without the intention of returning to the tour.But,”If this turns out to be more like playing competitive, it would be a dream.”