Tennis rocked by fake vaccination allegation

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Italian subordinate Camila Giorgi is being investigated aft she allegedly utilized a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate to play the 2022 WTA season, including past year's Australian Open.

Explosive details allege that Giorgi was ne'er vaccinated against COVID-19 aft she asked her household doctor, Daniela Grillone, to supply a fake grounds for each mandatory vaccines, including COVID-19.

Grillone was antecedently arrested and charged by Italian constabulary successful February past twelvemonth for vaccinating hundreds of radical with mock injections astatine her session successful Veneto.

As a portion of the investigation, the Italian newspaper la Repubblica initially reported Giorgi was besides being looked into by constabulary for utilizing a fake certificate.

Now, speaking to section newspaper Corriere del Veneto, Grillone has confirmed Giorgi was successful information ne'er vaccinated against COVID-19.

"The Giorgi household has been nether attraction with maine for a agelong time," she said.

"Camila Giorgi suffered from the alleged tennis elbow. Shortly earlier the opening of summer. She had travel asking for the anticipation of obtaining mendacious attestations of each the mandatory vaccines, arsenic good arsenic the COVID vaccine.

"I tin corroborate with implicit certainty that nary of the vaccines against the Giorgi household has really been administered. I person not received immoderate outgo successful that case.

"I americium profoundly upset and atrocious for my action."

The existent satellite No. 66 reached the 3rd circular of past year's Australian Open, succumbing to eventual champion and section leader Ash Barty.

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Ahead of the tournament, the Australian authorities imposed impervious of COVID-19 vaccination, oregon applicable question exemption, arsenic a request to participate Australia. This was was supported by the AO's organisers to marque the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for each players.

It was this ruling that saw Novak Djokovic infamously deported days before.

Last year, the United States besides required a compulsory COVID-19 vaccination to participate the country, but Giorgi played 3 tournaments there, including the US Open.

Giorgi is presently successful Adelaide, wherever she mislaid her qualifying lucifer to contention to the Adelaide International, successful mentation for the Australian Open starting connected January 16.

According to the Department of Home Affairs, impervious of providing mendacious documents could spot a idiosyncratic person their Australian visa exertion denied oregon cancelled.

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