A historic, personal and collective achievement, which opens a new page for Crotone tennis. The tennis player Domenico Pitingolo, a university student who chose to stay in Calabria and enrolled at the University of Calabria, will play the national Serie B2 championship with the Calabria Swim Race.
The sporting rise and the engagement with the Calabria Swim Race
Fresh from two high-level seasons, culminating in the victory of the Serie D2 and Serie D1 team championships with Sporting Club Crotone and the consequent promotion to Serie C, Pitingolo also achieved the passage to the third category (ranking 3.5), making a further leap in quality. The hiring by the Catanzaro club has arrived to certify the growth, with which he will face a national level championship.
The debut and comparison with international professionals
The debut is set in Reggio Calabria for Sunday 19 April against CT Palermo, in a match that promises to be high profile. A highly competitive context opens up for the Crotone tennis player: he will play alongside professionals on the international circuit such as Juan Pablo Ficovich (ATP best ranking 125), Andrea Collarini (177 ATP), Guido Ivan Justo (261 ATP) and Nicolas Mejia, former representative of Colombia in the Davis Cup.
A high-level group that testifies to the quality of the championship and offers Pitingolo the opportunity to compete with internationally renowned technical and competitive standards.
A symbol of excellence for the Calabrian territory
This is a significant result not only on a sporting level but also symbolically: Pitingolo is the first tennis player from Crotone to reach Serie B, bringing the name of the city onto a national stage.
A path built with continuity, sacrifice and dedication, which demonstrates how stories of excellence can emerge even from peripheral territories. His choice to stay in Calabria to study and grow reinforces a clear message: it is possible to build paths of value by investing in your own territory. The arrival in Serie B represents the beginning of a new challenge, to be faced with the determination that has already characterized his path. A source of pride for Crotone and for all Calabrian sport.