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JELENA Dokic faces a tense wait to discover if she might have to abandon her comeback after making a tearful exit from the French Open yesterday with a back injury.

Dokic had scans in Paris last night to determine what caused her suddenly to break down during her second-round match against fourth seed Elena Dementieva.

The 26-year-old Australian had stunned the crowd at Roland Garros by taking the first set 6-2 from the 2004 French Open finalist.

The score was 2-2 in the second set when Dokic bent over in agony and, despite playing on for a few more games, she had to retire.

Dokic was devastated to quit the tournament.

"I felt like I had the match in my hands and I was doing well and, even if I didn't win, I was playing really well," she said.

"I felt like I probably played the best tennis that I've played this year.

Dokic said she was shocked to feel a sharp pain in the middle of her lower back while returning one of Dementieva's serves in the fifth game of the second set.

After hobbling off for more than five minutes for treatment, Dokic made a gutsy comeback to win the game, albeit wincing in pain.

But it proved too much and she was forced to retire when trailing 4-3 in the set, sitting in her player's chair with her head in her towel, sobbing.

"If nothing shows up (on the scan), if it's nothing too serious, (I'll) just take really good care of it and just focus on that part and getting stronger," Dokic said. "It's the first time I have had a problem with this."
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