Former tennis player Jelena Dokic says she came close to taking her own life

By CNN Staff

Updated 1409 GMT (2209 HKT) June 14, 2022

Dokic, seen playing at Wimbledon in 2011, retired from tennis in 2014.

(CNN)Former Australian tennis player Jelena Dokic said she «almost jumped off my 26th floor balcony and took my own life» in a candid, emotional Instagram post on Monday.

Alongside a closeup photo of herself, where she is red faced and teary eyed as if she had been crying, Dokic wrote that on April 28 she came close to taking her own life. «Will never forget the day. Everything is blurry. Everything is dark,» she wrote. «No tone, no picture, nothing makes sense… just tears, sadness, depression, anxiety and pain.»The 39-year-old also explained on Instagram how she had been experiencing «constant feelings of sadness and pain» and that getting professional help saved her life.Read MoreCNN has contacted Dokic's representatives about her post. «The last six months have been tough. It's been constant crying everywhere,» she added. «From hiding in the bathroom when at work to wipe away my tears so that nobody sees it to the unstoppable crying at home within my four walls has been unbearable.»Tennis star Marta Kostyuk asks 'What am I living for?' as Ukrainians grapple with the toll of Russia's invasionDokic, who has worked as a broadcaster for Australian media since retiring in 2014, won six WTA Tour titles and reached a career-high position of fourth in the world rankings.She reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of the French Open and Australian Open in 2002 and 2009 respectively. In her Instagram post, she said she is «on the road to recovery.»«Some days are better than others and sometimes I take a step forward and then a step back but I'm fighting and I believe I can get