Indian Wells, California  - Jelena Dokic stumbled to another disheartening defeat six weeks after her surprise Australian Open quarter-final, crashing out in a haze in the first round of the Indian Wells Masters on Wednesday.

The Australian, whose comeback story from a career gone wrong thrilled a nation in Melbourne, was humbled by veteran American Jill Craybas 6-4, 6-2.

Dokic, ranked 80th, was playing only her second WTA match since the Open and admitted she may have gotten her scheduling badly wrong.

Perth, Australia  - With Jelena Dokic finally putting her life back together both on and off the court, the surprise Australian Open quarter-finalist may soon be back in contact with her younger brother.

The estranged Dokic family is now spread around the globe, with former tennis bad dad Damir involved in a Serbian vineyard near Belgrade and his Croatian ex-wife Ljiljana now based in Sydney.

Melbourne, Jan. 30 : Jelena Dokic has capped a spectacular comeback in women''s tennis with a whopping million-dollar sponsorship deal, besides her prize money.

Dokic, 25 has signed a three-year-contract - her first in seven years - to become the new face of budget airline Jetstar, The Herald Sun reports.

As part of the deal she will receive free flights to all venues in Australasia.

Details of the contract are being negotiated, but Dokic is not expected to appear in television ads.

Melbourne  - Jelena Dokic made more than a run to glory with her surprise Australian Open quarter-final. The comeback player also headed straight for the bank - the result of a new 680,000-dollar sponsor contract.

The 25-year-old, who nearly quit the game two years ago due to depression after a flame-out as a teenaged star and a split with her dominating father, has signed a deal with Australia's Jetstar airlines.

Melbourne  - Jelena Dokic and Roger Federer provided a power punch for Australian Open ratings this week, with those contests watched by only a slightly smaller number of viewers than the 2008 men's final.

The Seven network scored a hit with the programming one-two, which attracted 2.31 million viewers across the five major metropolitan markets

When Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the men's final a year ago, the audience was a slightly higher 2.34 million.

Melbourne, Jan. 28: Jelena Dokic has revealed she briefly retired from tennis in mid-2007, before being drawn back to the game for what she vowed would be one last attempt to resurrect her fallen career.

"I actually made the decision," she told a small group of journalists today upon returning to Melbourne Park after Tuesday night''s 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 loss to third seed Dinara Safina in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.

"And about four days later, I changed my mind," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted her, as saying.