The father of Italian tennis star Camila Giorgi has been caught crimson-handed at the French Open, with cameras capturing the hilarious moment he attempted to conceal his vaping on Monday.
Giorgi endured a 6-2 6-2 straight sets defeat to Russian No. 20 seed Daria Kasatkina in the fourth round, the furthest she has at any time progressed at Roland Garros.
The 30-yr-previous is coached by her father, Sergio Giorgi, who was seated courtside at Court Suzanne-Lenglen. But when cameras panned towards the curly-haired coach in the stands, he discreetly covered his confront with a towel before blowing a puff of smoke.
Supporters swiftly picked up on Sergio’s cheeky act, with some conjecture on irrespective of whether he was using tobacco or vaping in the viral clip that circulated on social media.
Giorgi manufactured headlines earlier this 7 days after French Open up officials took concern with an marketing logo on her gown through her upset victory more than No. 7 seed Aryna Sabalenka.
The vogue faux pas was reportedly relevant to the dimensions of the logo for kitchen equipment maker DeLonghi on Giorgi’s upper body. She had worn the same design and style of gown previously in the grand slam event, but with out the DeLonghi brand.
Giorgi altered her outfit somewhat in advance of Monday’s fourth-round clash, with the symbol showing up on her sleeve instead.
The globe No. 30 will future contend on the grass courts of Nottingham for a WTA 250 event, even though Kasatkina will take on Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova in the French Open quarter-final on Wednesday.
Kasatkina and Kudermetova, who are both equally 25, played in opposition to just about every other from a young age and were being portion of the Russian squad who won past year’s Billie Jean King Cup.
“(We played) numerous times in juniors. We played so a lot of periods,” Kasatkina reported on Monday.
“We ended up on a person crew successful Billie Jean King Cup very last year, so we have numerous excellent recollections to share collectively.
“Even in advance of we played numerous European championships with each other simply because we’re the very same age, so we have a good deal of recollections to share.
“We will have a person much more, taking part in quarters at Roland Garros, I believe it’s a very wonderful second.”
The draw ensures at the very least one Russian semi-finalist in Paris. That heightens the prospect of the newly-topped French Open champion not currently being ready to enjoy at Wimbledon, the place Russian and Belarusian gamers have been banned in excess of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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