Tennis Player Denies Using Fake COVID-19 Travel Certificate

Camila Giorgi of Italy plays a forehand return to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 17, 2023. Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP Photo

MELBOURNE, Australia—Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi has denied allegations that she obtained a false COVID-19 vaccine certificate to allow her to travel.

A doctor is under investigation in Italy for supplying false certificates and fake vaccines and Giorgi’s name was revealed in a long list of people implicated by an Italian newspaper.