OfGaia Piccardi
Before communicating her desire to quit the WTA, the women’s professional circuit, Camila Giorgi removed herself from the anti-doping protocol
Last known address, an Instagram story from 20 hours ago in a low-cut lace dress with little roses applied, dotted with male comments (polite, naughty, sheepish: the usual climax triggered by her undoubted beauty) and virtual hearts. Outside of the social media address, traces of Camila Giorgi32 years old, from the Marche region of Macerata with an Argentine father (Sergio, who coaches her) and an Italian mother (Claudia, her daughter’s personal stylist), the feet of a four-centimeter athlete (Steffi Graf also had them: it’s a compliment) and tennis talent always expressed on/ off due to character limitations, suddenly withdrawing without any warning and without following – specialty of the house – the logical course of things.
Even before communicating her desire to quit at the WTA, the women’s professional circuit, in fact, with a coup of which Camila had not informed anyone she removed herself from the anti-doping protocol and it was those who had the curiosity to go through the (public) file of the body responsible for the integrity of tennis (Itia deals with prohibited substances and betting) to discover that Giorgi has no longer been an active tennis player since May 7th , the start date of the Foro Italico Internationals, to which she was not registered.
Astonished, the WTA contacted her for comment, finding phones disconnected (hers, her father’s, those of her brothers Leandro and Amadeus), a vague and cryptic message (Camila will make something known about herself not before Roland Garros, perhaps) and the echo of an indiscretion who would like her to be hastily transferred abroad due to problems in Italy.
What is certainly true, in the documents, is the recent indictment by the Vicenza Prosecutor’s Office for the issue of false Covid certifications (“The investigations are into a doctor from Vicenza who, to cover her back, mentioned the names of famous people: I got vaccinated in several places, I’m calm” she said in her last interview with Corriere), the singer Madame was also involved.
Expatriated by choice or necessity, this seems to be the end of the line for a player full of unexpressed qualities, n. 26 as best ranking, a Master 1000 (Montreal 2021) and the quarter-finals at Wimbledon (2018) as the zenith, the blind faith in the coaching skills of his father, a veteran of the Falklands war with his own ideas on preparation, tactics and technique , madness and charisma under the same disheveled hair, capable of keeping the Giorgi family together following the most terrible mourning: the death of her eldest daughter Antonela at the age of 23 in a car accident in Paris.
It is there that Camila completely entrusted herself to Sergio, embracing his methods, defending him with all his might (“Dad believed in me from the beginning, we have a unique bond, he dedicated his life to me”), rejecting much more qualified coaches. , sponsor in name and advice, Camila and Sergio against the world, a personal battle fought until the defeat against Swiatek in Miami, it was March 23rd, the last match. To the few colleagues with whom he spoke he had revealed his intention to leave tennis for a future in fashion, the listlessness of the last few months was evident, but no one thought of an epilogue like this, full of haste and suspicion. Defeated by Swiatek, she smiled, almost liberated: “Finally I can go to Orlando to the Harry Potter park” she said. She lost in the magical world of Hogwarts, that’s where Camila is.
May 9, 2024 (modified May 9, 2024 | 08:01)
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