Lingerie Modeling's Loss is the Tennis World's Gain, Dual-Threat Legend Camila Giorgi is Now a Sideline Reporter

[Obi Wan Kenobi voice]: "Camilia Giorgi ... Now that's a name I've not heard for a lonnng time ..." 

I believe it was early last May that the former tennis star-turned-model achieved blogworthiness. And as Karim explained, not for any of the right reasons:

All of which she has denied, it should be said. But whatever her reasons for fleeing her native land, whether it was to avoid prosecution or because she realized that a Florence 8.5 like her is an automatic America 9.5 in the land of the Wendy's Baconator and handifat scooters at DisneyWorld, our nation of immigrants has been strengthened by her presence. 

But it seems as though America is losing Giorgi back to where it all began for her. Which is a win/win. She's back in tennis, but still in front of the camera, where she was meant to be:

Source - FORMER tennis star Camila Giorgi has returned to the sport as a reporter.

The Italian, 33, eventually confirmed her retirement from tennis last year …  amid claims she owed up to six months of rent at a villa in Calenzano, near Florence.

It was suggested that she was trying to evade tax authorities, which she denied.

The former world No.26 has … returned to tennis by appearing as a reporter at the ATP 250 event in Buenos Aires, Argentina. …

She has posted a clip of herself chatting with sixth seed Sebastian Baez to her Instagram account.

When I called this move "a win/win," I didn't do it justice. I shorted Giorgi about a dozen "wins." This is a victory from every angle. Making it all the way to 26th in the world is a fine accomplishment, but it's not going to get you into the record books or the Hall of Fame in Newport, RI. Being an Instagram model is a nice achievement, but 719,000 followers isn't going to make you the Anna Kournikova of your generation:

Phil Cole. Getty Images.

But this is the perfect career choice. She knows tennis, obviously. That she looks good on camera has been well established. Provided she can point a microphone in the right direction and form interrogative sentences that end with a question mark, she's met every job requirement. Plus she can pay her back rent and settle any tax debt with Italian authorities. As long as she keeps feeding the social media beast with her content, we all come out ahead. 

As a matter of fact, everyone involved in tennis broadcasting should be ashamed they didn't think of this sooner. But better late than never. A star is born.