Camila Giorgi’s father caught vaping in the stands at French Open – New York Post

The father of Italian tennis star Camila Giorgi has been caught red-handed at the French Open, with cameras capturing the hilarious moment he tried to hide his vaping on Monday.

Giorgi suffered a 6-2 6-2 straight sets defeat to Russian No. 20 seed Daria Kasatkina in the fourth round, the furthest she has ever progressed at Roland Garros.

The 30-year-old 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 face with a towel before blowing a puff of smoke.

Fans quickly picked up on Sergios cheeky act, with some conjecture on whether he was smoking or vaping in the viral clip that circulated on social media.

Giorgi made headlines earlier this weekafter French Open officials took issue with an advertising logo on her dress during her upset victory over No. 7 seed Aryna Sabalenka.

The fashion faux pas was reportedly related to the size of the logo for kitchen appliance manufacturer DeLonghi on Giorgis chest. She had worn the same style of dress earlier in the grand slam tournament, but without the DeLonghi logo.

Giorgi altered her outfit slightly ahead of Mondays fourth-round clash, with the logo appearing on her sleeve instead.

The world No. 30 will next compete on the grass courts of Nottingham for a WTA 250 tournament, while Kasatkina will take on Russias Veronika Kudermetova in the French Open quarter-final on Wednesday.

Kasatkina and Kudermetova, who are both 25, played against each other from a young age and were part of the Russian squad who won last years Billie Jean King Cup.

(We played) many times in juniors. We played so many times, Kasatkina said on Monday.

We were on one team winning Billie Jean King Cup last year, so we have many good memories to share together.

Even before we played many European championships together because were the same age, so we have a lot of memories to share.

We will have one more, playing quarters at Roland Garros, I think its a very nice moment.

The draw guarantees at least one Russian semi-finalist in Paris. That heightens the prospect of the newly-crowned French Open champion not being able to play at Wimbledon, where Russian and Belarusian players have been banned over Russias invasion of Ukraine.

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