Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi has denied wrongdoing, following allegations she obtained false proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.
Giorgi's press conference following her Australian Open first round victory against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, a Russian player competing as a neutral, was dominated by questions relating to the claims made by Vicenza-based doctor Daniela Grillone.
Grillone is under investigation by Italian police for allegedly providing fake COVID-19 injections and vaccinations certifications to patients who did not want the jab, and she has said that Giorgi was one of her patients.
"Shortly before the beginning of summer, she had come asking for the possibility of obtaining false proof of all the mandatory vaccines, as well as the COVID vaccine," Grillone was quoted by Corriere del Veneto.
"I can confirm with absolute certainty that none of the vaccines against the Giorgi family have actually been administered."
Vaccination against COVID-19 was a requirement to enter the country during last year's Australian Open, leading to the high-profile deportation of nine-time winner and then-men's singles world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
Giorgi admitted that she had received one of her COVID-19 jabs from Grillone, but insisted she was eligible to enter Australia last year.
"I just did all my vaccination in different places, so the trouble is hers, not me," the world number 70 said.
"So with that, I’m very calm.
"Of course, if not, I couldn’t come here and...
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