Double Fault Dokic bows out.

Comeback kid Jelena Dokic bowed out of Wimbledon today losing to German qualifier Tatiana Malek in the first round. A clearly under prepared Dokic failed to build on a promising opening set to go down 3-6 7-5 6-2 to the 101st ranked German teenager.

Dokic’s Wimbledon preparation was severely disrupted after having to withdraw from the French open 2nd round with a lower back complaint. With no lead up matches to prepare her for her grass court assault, Dokic would have been pleased with the way she began the first round encounter.

From the first point of the match Dokic looked sharp securing the opening game with a series of her trademark flat forehand winners. The Dokic dominance continued throughout the first set culminating in a second break to secure the opening set 6-3.

With the first set locked away in only 28 minutes spectators could have been forgiven for thinking the match was heading for an early finish. Enter double fault Dokic. As quickly as Dokic had taken control of the match in the first game, her serve deserted her midway through the second set.

Consecutive double faults gifted Malek her first break of serve and set the tone for the remainder of the match. A brief fight back at 2-4 by Dokic allowed her to put the set back on serve however the serving jitters returned soon after and once again consecutive double faults handed the German the second set.

The deciding set proved much of the same for Dokic as her mounting double fault and unforced error count proved too much for her to overcome. In the end 16 double faults and 46 unforced errors gave the Australian no real chance of progressing to the second round.

Malek now progresses for the first time to the second round at Wimbledon where she will meet another Australian Samantha Stosur who disposed of American Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round.