Jelena will always do well in tennis: mother

May 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The father of Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has expressed regret over his alleged threats to kill Australia's ambassador to Serbia, insisting his comments were "a joke". Damir Dokic is being held in a Serbian jail after police raided his home and found a cache of weapons, including two homemade bombs, following alleged threats he made against ambassador Clare Bergin.

May 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has expressed distress over the arrest of her father, Damir in Serbia, after he allegedly threatened to kill Australia's ambassador to Serbia. Damir Dokic faces three years in prison for threatening to fire a rocket at the Australian ambassador to Belgrade and for illegally possessing explosive devices.

May 7th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The father of Australian tennis ace Jelena Dokic has been arrested after police found two illegal "bombs" from his home. Damir Dokic was arrested today after he threatened to blow up the Australian Embassy in Belgrade, government officials have said.

May 7th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Damir Dokic, the father of Australian tennis ace Jelena Dokic, has admitted to hitting his daughter, and defended his aggression, saying that it was "for her sake." "If I was ever a little bit more aggressive towards Jelena, it was for her sake," Dokic told the Serbian newspaper Vecernje Novosti. In the latest Sport and Style magazine, published in The Age this week, the tennis star spoke in detail about the trauma her father caused and how she fled her family home in October 2002.

May 4th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian tennis player Jelena Dokic said Monday she left home nine years ago to escape the physical abuse meted out by her father, Damir. The 26-year-old told the Sydney Morning Herald she was 'pretty lucky to be here' after a tumultuous family life that saw her abandon Australia and then return after splitting with her father, a former boxer and Belgrade taxi driver.

April 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Davis Cup committee of the International Tennis Federation will Friday decide whether Chennai can be the venue of the India-Australia tie through a tele-conference, All India Tennis Association (AITA) secretary general Anil Khanna said Monday. Khanna told IANS that he is hopeful of the committee confirming Chennai as venue.

February 16th, 2009 DUBAI - India's Sania Mirza carried her good form in the Dubai Tennis Championships, overpowering Russian Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-2. Sania, who was given a wildcard in the tournament, was backed by a large Indian community here as she recovered from an early drop of serve by breaking Makarova in the eighth game and dominating from there on.

February 10th, 2009 BELGRADE - Serbia's women's tennis team will be a strong favourite against Spain when the two countries meet in the Fed Cup World Group play-offs this April, Serbian tennis officials said. The matches will be played April 25 and 26 and the four winning nations will qualify for the 2010 World Group, while the four losers will start in World Group II in 2010.

February 4th, 2009 PERTH - With Jelena Dokic finally putting her life back together both on and off the court, the surprise Australian Open quarter-finalist may soon be back in contact with her younger brother. The estranged Dokic family is now spread around the globe, with former tennis bad dad Damir involved in a Serbian vineyard near Belgrade and his Croatian ex-wife Ljiljana now based in Sydney.

January 30th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Serena Williams will start February back on the top of women's tennis after a crushing 6-0, 6-3 Australian Open title victory over nervous Dinara Safina. The now 10-time Grand Slam singles winner was amazed at how well it went for her in a 59-minute trouncing of the Russian who had also been bidding to claim the number one spot from now-deposed Serb Jelena Jankovic Saturday.

January 27th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Jelena Dokic reveals that it was a tennis match that reignited her passion to play the game. The one time World no.

January 24th, 2009 MELBOURNE - American tennis champion Serena Williams is the latest to join the list of comeback girl Jelena Dokic's admirers. Dokic, who was once ranked no.4 in the world, battled depression and a tyrannical father, to forge one of the most stunning comebacks in sport as she moved into the quarterfinals Sunday.

January 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian Jelena Dokic withdrew from mixed doubles in preparation for her fourth-round clash with Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the Australian Open. Though Dokic has never played 19-year-old Kleybanova, the players are somewhat familiar, having practised together in Sydney and Brisbane before teaming up again in Melbourne last week.

January 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Jelena Dokic's estranged father Damir has apologised for ruining his daughter's life and spurning Australia at the height of her tennis career. As Jelena's miraculous return to the top of women's tennis after a three-year hiatus continued, the shamed father of the Australian has offered an olive branch to his daughter, saying sorry for years of outrageous public behaviour.

January 14th, 2009 MELBOURNE - World No.1 Rafael Nadal, as expected, is the top seed in the Australian Open men's singles tennis championship. But it may well prove to be a dubious honour as only few top seeds in the past have gone on to win the championship.