This exchange of words with Cornet even made the interviewer cry

Alizé Cornet is writing a very special tennis fairy tale in Melbourne. This is not only extremely emotional in terms of sport.

For the first time ever, Alizé Cornet has made it into a Grand Slam quarterfinal. A very special moment for the French after around 16 years on the professional tour. All the more because she eliminated the clear favorite Simona Halep in a thriller that demanded everything from the two athletes in the brutal heat of Australia.



In the subsequent field interview, she faced her former opponent and current commentator, Jelena Dokic. A situation that triggered memories of the past in Cornet. In 2009, Cornet could have met Dokic with a win in the quarterfinals. However, she left several match points unused at the time and ultimately lost.

Even Covid cannot stop these emotions

“I wanted to play against you so much back then,” admits Cornet in an interview. “I was so disappointed that I missed this opportunity. It’s all the more amazing that I’m back here 13 years later and this time I’ve made it.”

Cornet is already plagued by cramps during the exchange of words, but she is Dokic Red and answers. And not only that. When Dokic ends the interview, Cornet asks for a small addition that goes straight to the heart: “I think we can only congratulate you on how you have developed in your life. You were an amazing tennis player and now you’re just as amazing a commentator.”

After this praise, the two embrace despite all the Covid regulations and Dokic can’t hold back her tears.

Touching scenes at the end of the interview between Jelena Dokic and Alizé Cornet.

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Dokic’s years-long struggle with depression

At that moment, Dokic probably also had some pictures of her own past, which wasn’t always so pleasant. For years, the Australian struggled with depression. Four years ago she published a biography in which she also reported on her father’s abuse.

Dokic often thought of suicide. She wanted to jump from the 20th floor of her apartment in Monte Carlo. In an interview she once said: “What I went through was very difficult. That will always concern me. It’s hard to erase something like that. I have been abused by him since I was six years old, physically abused for 15 years and verbally abused for over 20 years. The way he called me, a whore, a bitch, a cow, it hurts a lot and you lose all self-confidence, you feel worthless.”



But Dokic has overcome the phase, also thanks to her boyfriend. “When I turned 30, a lot changed in my head. No idea why, it is like that. I realized that I have to keep going. I was very sad before that, I just cried for years. I’ve lost many good years of my life. I just had to look ahead and leave the other behind. I then had my own family and realized that I didn’t need these people who were never there for me, who didn’t love me.”

Things went uphill from here and Alizé Cornet’s touching words only confirm that Dokic did everything right in her fight against the disease.

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