Report made up, claims Dokic

MELBOURNE, JANUARY 20: Tennis was dragged into high farce when a confused Jelena Dokic claimed a Melbourne newspaper made up a front page story quoting her saying draws were being deliberately rigged to stall her career.

Dokic8217;s alleged comments to the Herald-Sun drew an angry response from leading women8217;s players who called her 8220;dumb8221; and the claims 8220;ludicrous8221; as the story overshadowed the tennis at the Australian Open.

The 16-year-old Australian appeared before a packed press conference on Thursday in which she made a jumbled statement and refused to take any more questions on the subject.