Former Italian tennis star Camila Giorgi has returned to the court docket in a brand new position after sensationally quitting the game final yr to reportedly transfer to America to grow to be a lingerie mannequin.
The 33-year-old – who had been ranked as excessive as 26 on this planet – final performed knowledgeable tennis match in March 2024, earlier than disappearing out of the general public eye.
Information of her calling time on her profession then broke final Could when she was named on the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company’s listing of retired gamers, with Giorgi later confirming her sporting profession was over.
Throughout the months that adopted a number of photos of her in skimpy lingerie have been shared on her social media accounts, as she pursued a profession as a lingerie mannequin.
Nonetheless, in latest months it was revealed on her Instagram that she had left the US to maneuver to Argentina.
And it seems her subsequent profession transfer is now official, after showing on the ATP Buenos Aires as a courtside reporter, interviewing native tennis stars equivalent to Seba Báez and Guido Pella for the match’s official account.
Whether or not her look is a one-off or if she is chasing a gig within the media world is unknown.
However the Italian gave the impression to be a pure as she interviewed a number of South American stars of the sport.
Finish to Camila Giorgi’s tennis profession shrouded in drama
Giorgi has been on the middle of a number of controversial circumstances within the final 12 months however issues now appear to have calmed, as she units up her new life in Argentina with boyfriend Ramiro Marra.
Giorgi’s dramas started in Could final yr when it was reported the Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) had been unable to pay money for her for 2 months.
At the moment, hypothesis was rife over a reported transfer to the US, with some suggesting she fled her native nation in a bid to evade tax authorities.
Giorgi denied the allegations and defined her model of occasions in a TV interview in October.
“I didn’t disappear, I had to make an announcement in Paris about my withdrawal, then it came out on the anti-doping website that I had retired and the thing became public,” she informed Canale 5’s Verissimo.
“I lived a little in Italy and a little in the United States. We stayed in Miami for 3 years. I would like to stay there forever, but I often return to Italy, I just don’t like to talk about what I do and it seems like I’m hiding … Now I’m happy, I’m where I would like to be.”
Giorgi’s former landlord additionally accused her of failing to pay lease and eradicating “half the furniture” from a villa in Calenzano, close to Florence. It’s a declare Giorgi unequivocally denies.
If that isn’t sufficient drama for the previous tennis star, she additionally stays beneath investigation following accusations that she used a faux COVID-19 vaccination to take part within the Australian Open in 2022.
Bild stories Giorgi faces a trial over this case together with her lawyer saying she is about to ask the decide for a shortened trial and denies any wrongdoing.
For now, a minimum of, Giorgi is settled in Argentina with a possible full-time media job on her radar, whereas possible pursuing modeling a minimum of on the aspect.
