[freddystone]

I feel like Dokic is years behind. I would imagine that her father's abuse (whatever form it took, there was clearly abuse, probably of multiple kinds) set her behind on a lot of levels... developmentally, emotionally, etc. And she also lost several years of tennis as things unfolded.

If you look at this story from that perspective, then maybe it puts it within a little more context. Then maybe a few years from now she'll be talking about it in the way we'd like to hear her talk about it today.

In other words, what's she's saying is a perfectly normal reaction... But it's a phase of the healing process that many might have expected a few years back.

I'm fairly certain I'm not making any sense at all. I'm going to shut up now.