Jelena Dokic
, former world number 4 and Wimbledon semifinalist in 2000, has exploded at the offensive comments she has received on social media about her weight gain since leaving professional tennis.
"It's disgusting. People should be ashamed," the 39-year-old former player has replied on her networks.
Dokic, who is covering the
Australian Open
, is in charge of doing some of the interviews on the court after the matches.
Her appearances on television during these interviews are what have generated the hate messages.
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"Size shouldn't matter. Kindness and being a good person are important, and those who mess with me and others clearly aren't. Those who do are just
evil, mean, mean, ignorant people
," he explains in an open letter on his Instagram profile.
"I can and will get in shape for myself and my health, but you won't become a better person. The weight will change, but bad people will still be bad. I am here, fighting for all those who are being abused, shamed." , He says.
"I can't change the world, but I'm going to keep speaking up, calling out this behavior, using my platform for good and to
support other people and to give others a voice
and try to make others feel less alone and scared," she explains. .
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