Tennis champion off to the small Italian commune (9)

I believe the answer is:

borghetto

'small italian commune' is the definition.
(Italian term for a small settlement)

'tennis champion off to the' is the wordplay.
'tennis champion' becomes 'Borg' (tennis player Bjorn Borg).
'off' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'the'='tothe'
'tothe' with letters rearranged gives 'hetto'.
'borg'+'hetto'='BORGHETTO'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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