FORMER tennis star Camila Giorgi has returned to the sport as a reporter. The Italian, 33, eventually confirmed her retirement from tennis last year after appearing on the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s list of retired players in May. Giorgi's decision to hang up her racquet came amid claims she owed up to six months of rent at a villa in Calenzano, near Florence. It was suggested that she was trying to evade tax authorities, which she denied.
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The former world No.26 has since moved to the US, where she has modelled lingerie. This week she returned to tennis by appearing as a reporter at the ATP 250 event in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In her role, Giorgi has been interviewing players at the event. She has posted a clip of herself chatting with sixth seed Sebastian Baez to her Instagram account. While she also posted a snap of her accreditation for the event.
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Last October, Giorgi was accused of fleeing owed rent by the disgruntled landlord of her Italian villa. BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS. They claim that she removed "half the furniture" from the villa, including rugs and antique tables. She refuted the allegations, telling Canale 5's Verissimo: "Did I suddenly disappear? That's the version they said. "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.
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"I lived a little in Italy and a little in the United States. "We stayed in Miami for three 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.". Lawyer Edmondo Tomaselli has insisted that Giorgi did not "run away" and denies the allegations made by the landlord. When asked about the furniture, Giorgi insisted that it was paid for by herself.
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