BREAKING NEWS Jelena Dokic's abusive father dies with the tennis legend posting an emotional message to social media
She took to social media on Wednesday to reveal that Damir Dokic died last Friday night.
'As you know my relationship with my father has been difficult and painful with a lot of history,' she said.
'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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