Jelena Dokic in tears after missing Wimbledon qualification THIS is the moment Jelena Dokic confronted the brutal reality of tennis oblivion.
Distraught after blowing certain victory with catastrophic serving in the second round of Wimbledon qualifying, Dokic dissolved into tears as her career plunged deeper into freefall.
The former world No. 4 held a match point against American scrapper Julie Ditty in the second set before crashing to a humiliating 5-7 7-5 6-2 defeat.
Dokic served 24 double faults - including five in the fifth game of the final set - to totally lose her way.
Now ranked 129th in the world, Dokic trudged forlornly to the middle of the Bank Of England's cricket ground and sat alone sobbing after the match.
She called to her boyfriend Tin Bikic, who had stalked away from Dokic's court as soon as the match was over.
He walked back over to Dokic before the pair - speaking Croatian - began to argue.
Asked about her future as rumours of retirement against resurfaced, Dokic said: "Nothing. I've got nothing."
Joined soon after by an unidentified man, believed to be younger brother Savo, Dokic stood briefly outside a locked prizemoney office.
Her latest defeat is the low point of a troubled year which saw her infamous father Damir jailed for threatening to bomb the Australian embassy in Belgrade.
She was severely embarrassed by an incident involving Bikic and his brother, Borna, on a flight from Hobart to Melbourne in January when the pair became involved in a heated argument with another passenger.
The dispute threatened Dokic's $1 million sponsorship deal with Jetstar.
Sidelined for two months with elbow and leg injuries, podgy Dokic has won only $66,264 from nine tournaments this season.
Her career earnings - which do not include sponsorship deals - stand at $4.1 million.
She picked up $6000 from Wimbledon qualifying.
The baseliner's current ranking means she is unable to gain automatic entry into grand slam or top level Sony Ericsson WTA Tour events.
Dokic said on Tuesday she would concentrate on lower tier European claycourt events.
"I've still got a lot of work to do to get my fitness back," said Dokic, who is several kilograms heavier than her ideal playing weight.
"It is tough, but I'm prepared to do the hard work.
"Clay is the best surface for me to work on my game."
Dokic held a match point in the 10th game of the second set today as Ditty served to stay in the match at 4-5, but missed the opportunity.
The right-hander served four double faults in the following game to gift Ditty a lifeline.
Dokic, 27, appeared to regroup early in the third set with a 2-0 lead but then imploded on serve.
Dokic's current plight is light years removed from her Cinderella run to the Australian Open quarter-finals last year.
And her defeat at Roehampton could not have been more poignant, coming exactly 10 years after she stormed into the Wimbledon semi-finals.
Her demise came as Bernard Tomic, Matt Ebden and Carsten Ball all reached the final round of Wimbledon qualifying.
Tomic was too polished for French eighth seed Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-1 7-6 (7-4).
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