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#1 ·
So far I suppose I am the only, but hopefully he will get more as he aims to get into the top 100.

2 weeks ago he was number 202 in the world, in the space of that time he has moved up all the way to number 131 which makes it so exciting for him now.

In that time he has managed to gather these results:

FRENCH OPEN

Qualification round 1: beat Werner Eschauer (Aut) 6-4 6-1
Qualification round 2: beat Miguel Gallardo (Mex) 6-3 6-0
Qualification round 3: beat Marc Lopez (Spa) 6-4 3-6 7-5

Round 1: beat Dmitry Tursonov (Rus) 6-2 6-3 6-4
Round 2: beat Sebastien Grosjean (Fra, 10) 7-6 (6) 6-3 6-4
Round 3: Lost to Marat Safin (Rus, 20) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 5-7 5-7

SASSUOLO CHALLENGER $25,000

Starace was a wild card entry

Round 1: beat Arnaud Di Pasquale (Fra, WC) 6-3 6-4
Round 2: beat Diego Moyano (Arg) 6-2 6-3
Quarter Finals: beat Francesco Aldi (Ita) 6-1 6-3
Semi-Finals: beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa, 4) 3-6 7-6(8) 7-6(2)
Final: beat Alessio Di Mauro (Ita, 3) 6-2 6-3

A great run in Roland Garros and winning the challenger in Italy have made for a grand couple of weeks for Starace where he has probably won mor emoney than in his lifetime.

This week he was expected to enter the challenger event in Lugano $50,000 but has pulled out due to the tiresome couple of weeks he has had.
 
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#2 ·
Starace has qualified for the Gstaad Open rather impressively and faces David Sanchez in the firs round... tough test for Potitio now but he needs them.
 
#5 ·
MajorcanBoy89 said:
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
POTITO IS RIDICULOUS PLAYER!
MajorcanBoy89 said:
BAD, BAD, VERY BAD...
@MajorcanBoy89 (aka SafriBoy89)
when will you ever learn not to act like this? :confused: :(

grow up and don't talk that badly in such a manner about other players or other people's favorites :banghead: :mad: :fiery:

_____________________

BTW, Potito won this match against Sánchez 6-2 3-6 6-3 :lol:

Sánchez :haha:
Starace :yeah:

:rolls: :p :p :p :p :p :p
 
#6 ·
So far I suppose I am the only, but hopefully he will get more as he aims to get into the top 100
You're not the only one, I 'discovered' him about 4 months ago, he plays at the same German tennisclub as Fred does, I let my eye fall on him when I was looking at pictures from that team. And with Fred playing a lot of challengers in Italy this year I began to follow Potito's results also :) .
 
#9 ·
Kezzi said:
Adelante, does that mean something like 'come on' in Italian?
exactly, but as far as I know it's Spanish and means "going forward".

In Italian they say "forza", don't they? :confused:
 
#17 ·
I don't think Potito could even win the tournament, because at this moment Rogi Federer seems like Superman (probably he's the best player I have ever seen).

If Potito plays at his best, I think he has not more than the 5% of possibilities.

But you know, sometimes miracles happens...

Forza Potito
 
#19 ·
how is his name in Italian correctly pronounced?

more like "stara-dse" or "starad-che"? Anybody who can help me with this?
 
#23 ·
Forza Potito, this was a great tournament for him to back up his supreme success at the French Open.

His tournament panned out by beating Sanchez, Hanescu and Novak (all of which are very good players, especially Sanchez and Novak) before losing to Federer in 3 sets.

This tournament can only be a positive sign for him and soon he must join Volandri in the top 70 players in the world. Something Italy needs at the moment!

This tournament should see Starace go into the top 120 and get nearer to that milestone of top 100.
 
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#26 ·
potito said:
Here's the exact pronounce of Starace: [sta'rat∫e]

The C in Starace sounds like the ch in Chair.
thanks, very good explanation! :D
 
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