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Tennis legend Jelena Dokic suffers eye injury after gravel hit her in the face while trackside at the Grand Prix


Dokic had been in the Mercedes-AMG Lounge watching a Formula One practice session in Melbourne's Albert Park on Friday when Alonso took a turn wide and went off track.

'When you go to the Formula One weekend at the Australian Grand Prix and a car going off track happens right in front of you, literally and all the rock debris flies right into your eye,' Dokic wrote to Instagram. Tennis champion Jelena Dokic suffered an injury to her eye while watching the Grand Prix trackside after gravel was sweeped up by Fernando Alonso 's car The Aussie had delivered what appeared to be a clutch final lap to advance to Q2 before stewards deleted that time because they deemed Ricciardo exceeded track limits at Turn 5.

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