Jelena Dokic hits back at fat-shaming online trolls during the Aus Open

Jelena Dokic has shared sickening abuse from her social media account calling out body shamers that continue to harass her. LANGUAGE AND CONTENT WARNING.

Jelena Dokic has hit back at online trolls. Picture by Michael Klein

Jelena Dokic has taken social media trolls to task for the second time this Australian Open after being fat shamed by “evil and disgusting” people.

The 39-year-old, who made the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 2009 and has been open in her experiences with family violence and mental health, took to Instagram on Monday morning to expose the sickening messages she is being sent.

Dokic – who revealed in June that she had considered taking her own life last April – said the vast majority was coming from women

“The ‘body shaming’ and ‘fat shaming’ over the last 24 hours has been insane,” she wrote on Instagram.

“Coming from everywhere in the world and a special shout to so much of it coming from Serbia as the last picture confirms.

“And yes a lot of them are women too. So much for ‘women supporting women’.

“Here are just a few examples confirming just how much body shaming I am being subjected to in Serbia as well. And this first picture? EVIL. There is no other word for it.

“Disgusting. People should be so ashamed. The most common comment being ‘what happened to her, she is so big’?

Jelena Dokic calls out fat shaming trolls

Commentator Jelena Dokic. Picture: Michael Klein

“I will tell you what happened, I am finding a way and surviving and fighting. And it really doesn’t matter what I am doing and what happened because size shouldn’t matter.

“What matters is your online abuse, bullying and fat shaming. That’s what matters because those of you that do it are just evil,bad, mean and ignorant people.”

It is not the first time Dokic has called fat shaming out as an issue on social media, nor is it the first time she has aired abuse this tournament.

Last week she exposed what she called “a new low” after being sent the following message: “Now that the Australian Open is starting, will Jelena Dokic try to kill herself like she does every year,” a commenter wrote to her in Serbian, with a laughing emoji.”

DOKIC CALLS OUT ‘NEW LOW’

Dokic laid bare another case of brutal and abusive trolling in as many days, declaring her latest attack as “a new low”.

Dokic, who made the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 2009 and has been open in her experiences with family violence and mental health, said she was brought to tears on Friday morning after “disgusting” social media post on her personal page.

“Now that the Australian Open is starting, will Jelena Dokic try to kill herself like she does every year,” a commenter wrote to her in Serbian, with a laughing emoji.

Dokic – who revealed in June that she had considered taking her own life last April – fired back.

“A new low and this actually made me cry this morning when I woke up and read it,” she wrote.

“Just when you think online abuse and trolling can’t get any worse. Almost 1 million people commit suicide in the world every year.

“That’s scary and so sad and then people like this disgusting person and a few others out there make fun of it!? How disgusting. They should (be) ashamed of themselves.”

The 39-year-old asked “what kind of a person “can write something like this and then even worse laugh about it?.”

Dokic posted on her Instagram story the online abuse she had received. Pic: Instagram

Jelena Dokic reposted this story, thanking them for their support. Picture: Instagram

“A bad person, that’s who. And of course an ignorant one,” Dokic wrote on Instagram.

“I am thinking of all of those who have committed suicide, those who have wanted to, those who have lost friends and loved ones to suicide and all those struggling.

“I am fighting for all of those who feel like they don’t have a voice, who don’t feel like they are being heard, for those who are struggling, for those who have struggled with suicidal thoughts, have lost loved ones and friends to suicide and I am fighting against ignorance, bad people, trolls, online abuse and disgusting human beings.

“So many are at their absolute breaking point so please be kind, caring and understanding.

“Sending so much love to all the good people out there and especially to all those struggling.”

On Thursday, Dokic was targeted by trolls in relation to her treatment at the hands of her father, Damir, which included decades of abuse as she detailed in her recent memoir.

Dokic was abused by her father Damir, growing up as an athlete. Pic Glenn Hampson.

“Enough is enough,” she wrote on Thursday.

“I will always speak up for and fight for what is right.

“It’s time to call it out and show it.

“Apparently it’s OK that I was abused, beaten to the point of being unconscious, beaten to the point of bleeding with a leather belt … because it was good for me and my tennis and I wouldn’t be where I am without it.”

It marks the latest in a string of cruel taunts dished out to tennis stars and commentators, with Nick Kyrgios’ manager Daniel Horsfall and doubles great Todd Woodbridge among those who have called out nasty social media posts in recent days.