Jelena Dokic is working as commentator and analyst during the Australian Open. The former world no. 4 and Grand Slam semi-finalist wrote an interesting column on The Herald Sun about the current happening in the Tour. 'There is life after Serena Williams, there is no need for “panic,”' Dokic wrote.

'The irony is that some used to say Serena’s dominance made the game boring. Now you hear women’s tennis is boring without her! While some have criticised the current crop of women for lacking star power, as I see it the tour is in transition.

An exciting one. A new generation is on the rise. The twenty-somethings of women’s tennis are making their mark. You only have to watch players like current world No. 1 Simona Halep, Karolina Pliskova, Elina Svitolina and Jelena Ostapenko to see where women’s tennis is and to know the future will be incredibly bright.' Next Gen players are coming on the ATP circuit as well, and Dokic is confident they will breakthrough: 'Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer won’t be around forever and neither will Serena.

It’s time for fans to come to terms with that. Although people might lament 36-year-old Serena’s absence — she is an incredible player — today’s generation isn’t “bad” or “weak” as some may say.

I wouldn’t say that at all. What I would say is there is a lot of young girls who are currently under the media radar. The tennis world know about them, they are still very young, but they will rise up in the next couple of years and rivalries will be formed and with maturity their games will attract a whole new legion of fans.' ALSO READ: Tense match between Ryan Harrison and Dudi Sela, here is what happened