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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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#413 ·
embarrassing to say the least
 
#424 ·
He can definately beat Chela.
Come on, Potito!!
 
#426 ·
Vamos Potito.
Great win.
A title here is definately a possibility.
 
#428 ·
Congrats to Potito for reaching the final :)

The better one should win tomorrow as I like them both ;)
 
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#431 ·
well, he gets more time to recover, surely JCF has spent less the past 2 days
the match it's actually at 9PM CET

come on Poto
 
#433 ·
Great week for him though, but its time an Italian wins an event. Will not happen for this year now though as the clay is finished.

Anyway up all the way to 51 in the rankings :)
 
#434 ·
Seed 1 in San Marino this week.
Good chance to get 120 points and a title.
Forza Potito.
 
#436 ·
Don't think he'll be quite as good as last week, but even then, he should win this title easily.

Come on Potito, destroy the field with your dropshots :rocker2:
 
#438 ·
Berlocq is a beast on clay challengers.
Potito will hopefully win though.
 
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