A FORMER Wimbledon semi-finalist suffered a freak injury at the Australian Open qualifying following Fernando Alonso’s mistake.
And she needed to be tended to by paramedics after a rock flew into her eye.
Instagram / @dokic_jelenaJelena Dokic suffered a freak injury at Australian GP qualifying[/caption]
Instagram / @dokic_jelenaShe needed to have her eye washed out[/caption]
AFPFernando Alonso caused the accident when he went off track[/caption]
But she joked she was delighted her makeup stayed intact despite the ordeal.
Jelena Dokic, who reached the final four at the All England Club in 2000 aged 17, was in attendance at Albert Park in Melbourne on Saturday.
But the Croatian-Australian star got a shock when former world champ Alonso skidded off the track into the gravel, sending a stone into Dokic’s eye.
Thankfully she was not seriously injured but did share a video of a medic cleaning her eye out with eyedrops on Instagram, apologising to her makeup artist for messing up the work.
Dokic captioned the post: “When you go to the Formula One weekend at the @ausgp and a car going off track happens right in front of you, literally and all the rock debris flies right into your eye.
“Fernando Alonso ran off track and the rock debris that you see flying off the back wheels went straight into my right eye.
“Had to get treated for it but all good. Just a bloodshot and scratched eye. I will survive.
“Amazing and quick work by the paramedic at the @mercedesbenzau lounge.
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“Thank you all that took care of me. I am all good. Ready to watch some more F1.
“Oh and I can confirm that the makeup somehow stayed and didn’t come off. Amazing.”
Plenty of fans flooded the comments section below the video to send their best wishes to Dokic, who regularly does on-court interviews at the Australian Open and recently launched a book.
One said: “Oh goodness! Thankfully all is fine.”
Another wrote: “Geez, that was lucky it was not worse. Glad the amazing paramedic sorted your eye out.”
A third added: “You are such a trooper!”
And a final user wrote: “Oh my gosh – hope you are okay!”
On the track, Alonso qualified in tenth for tomorrow’s race, one ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
Max Verstappen claimed a third pole of the season, nearly three-tenths of a second clear of Carlos Sainz at the front of the grid.
Instagram / @dokic_jelenaDokic shared the video online[/caption]
Instagram / @dokic_jelenaFans sent their best wishes to the former Wimbledon semi-finalist[/caption]
Instagram / @dokic_jelenaShe was delighted to see her makeup was not ruined[/caption]“}]]