30/07/2007 Potito's golden week
Potito Starace has just ended the best week of his career in the Austrian Alps. At the 650.000$ tournament of Kitzbühel, he reached the final in singles and won the doubles event with Luis Horna. It was a thriller week, and Potito had to come back from set and match points down against both Mayer and Seppi. Even against Augustin Calleri, in the semifinal he had to face a set point for the Argentinan in the second set, but finally closed the match 6-4 7-5. In the final s against Juan Monaco Potito probably paid for all the efforts of the week. After two spectacular sets 7-5 3-6, Potito's physical shape worsened, and Monaco broke int the seventh game to close 6-4. [click for more]
Best Roland Garros ever 04/06/2007
The 2007 edition has been Topseed’s best edition. For the first time we had two players in the third round, Oscar Hernandez and Potito Starace. Starace’s match against Federer was excellent during the first two sets. In the third set, Federer dominated a disappointed Potito. Oscar played a fantastic match against no. 28 seed Kohlschreiber on thursday, but he had to give way on saturday against Bjorkman, who played a smart aggressive tennis based on his excellent returns of serve. [click for more]
01/06/2007 Potito faces Federer
Potito is ready for one of the most important matches of his career. A light dinner, a movie in the room of the Radisson hotel, a good night sleep and a warm up on center court at 10.00. Potito is focused and determined for his third clash against Roger Federer. He has lost twice to Roger before, but the gap, especially on clay, is getting smaller... Ready set play. Good luck Potito! [click for more]
Starace wins Napoli Challenger 11/04/2007
Potito Starace defended his last years title in Napoli. In an exciting final against the Maroccan Younes El Aynaoui (former worlds no. 14), Potito won in two sets: 7-5, 6-2. In an all Top Seed semi final Potito beat Oscar Hernandez 7-6, 6-2. Before Oscar, he beat Luzzi, Moncourt and Vanek. Potito was really happy about his second victory (last year he won against Top Seed player Alessio DiMauro) on his birth ground and the 1500 spectators were thrilled. [click for more]
04/12/2006 Starace Italian Team Champion
Potito Starace has led his team CAPRI SPORTS Academy to win the Italian Championships on Sunday. The final four was played in Milano, on indoor clay courts. The teams who played the final were Capri (Starace, Sanguinetti, Galimberti, Petrazzuolo) and Trento (Azzaro, Stoppini, Zitko and Gotti). The battle went on for over 7 hours and the match ended 3-3, demanding for a decisive double. Potito and Galimberti finally gave the first title to Capri beating Azzaro/ Stoppini 6-4, 7-5. [click for more]
Potito Starace finalist in Genova 16/10/2006
Potito has reached the finals at the 25.000$ Challenger of Genova, Italy. Potito, who won the title in 2005 had to survive two three-setters against Chadaj and Galimberti on his way to the finals. On Sunday, against the Spaniard Fraile, he came back from 1 set down but finally lost 6-4 in the final set. Potito is now in Bucarest and will move on to the Szczecin Challenger and Palermo, trying to get back into the top 80 by the end of the year. [click for more]
09/08/2006 Potito Starace back on the court
Potito Starace who injured his right elbow in Biella while competing in the Topwool Challenger, will take the racquet in his hands again today. The microfracture healed completely, and after a couple of days using soft balls, Potito should be able to start training at full. He will probably skip the Cordenons Challenger and New Haven, but he will be back in competition at the latest in New York for the US Open. [click for more]
Starace wins Napoli 03/04/2006
It was the most important final played so far between two Top Seed players. At the 100.000$ Challenger tournament of Napoli, Potito Starace beat Alessio Di Mauro 6-0, 5-1 ret. Potito, who lost in the final of the 2005 edition against Gasquet, finally wrote his name on the list of champions, together with Nadal, Johansson, Gasquet and various other top 10 players. The final was not as balanced as expected. Potito played a perfect match, [click for more]
06/03/2006 Starace and Volandri finalists Acapulco
Potito Starace and Filippo Volandri have reached their first ATP doubles finals together. The unseeded pair upset a.o. the Polish duo Matkowsky/Fyrstenberg, ranked no.5 in the world. In the finals the Italians lost to Cermak/Friedl from the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-2. Potito earned 175 points and jumps to ATP position 114 in the doubles ranking. [click for more]
Starace fit again 18/11/2005
Potito got sick during the Davis Cup weekend. He kept high fever for over tree weeks and hasn’t been able to practise until mid October. Since then he has slowly built up his training and is now almost in top condition again. Next week he will compete in the Mobilux Open in Luxemburg to test his performance in competition. After that he [click for more]
12/09/2005 Starace won Genoa Challenger
Potito Starace has won his first challenger of the season in Genoa, Italy. In the final of a very strong challenger that featured over ten top 150 players, Potito beat the young Italian Flavio Cipolla in straight sets. Potito came back from 5-2 down in the second set to win 6-3 7-6. Tomorrow he will play in Bucarest against no. 4 seed Hanescu. [click for more]
Potito recovering from injury 03/06/2005
Potito Starace has twisted his ankle during practice the Friday before Paris and had to skip Roland Garros 2005. He was supposed to face no.7 seed Tim Henman in the first round. Fortunately Potito’s injury is not really serious and his ankle has reacted well to the therapies he received in Benevento, Italy. The hope is that he will be fit again before Wimbledon. [click for more]
05/05/2005 Potito gets in shape
Potito is founding back his best tennis, and the work with Umberto Rianna is showing it’s results. In Roma, against defending champion Carlos Moya, he probably played his best match of the year. Comparing the way Potito was playing 12 month ago, he has made important improvements especially with his serve and his backhand. [click for more]
Potito finalist in Napoli 06/04/2005
Potito has reached his first final of the year at the 100.000 $ Challenger of Napoli, Italy. The center court of the Tennis Club Napoli was packed with Potito’s supporters from day 1. to respect the loss of the Pope, the final of the tournament has been played on Monday at 11 o’clock. That didn’t stop hundreds of supporter from coming to Napoli from Cervinara, Potito’s home town. [click for more]
07/03/2005 Potito Starace remains unbeaten in Davis Cup Matches
Just as against Poland in September 2004, Potito won both his singles matches against Luxembourg, helping Italy to win 5-0. Potito is now at 4-0 in singles Davis Cup matches. [click for more]