You must be a slightly faster typist than I am, Shhh. I could have sworn there was no Ortisei thread when I started typing my first post, which I've now deleted, though I'm moving my initial comments here:
As forecast on Colin's web site, he's in action here alongside Daniele Bracciali:
R1: (1) Daniele Bracciali (ITA) & Colin Fleming vs (WC) Farrukh Dustov & Sandro Motti (UZB/ITA)
DOUBLES DRAW [1] BRACCIALI Daniele (ITA)/FLEMING Colin (GBR) vs [WC] DUSTOV Farrukh (UZB)/MOTTI Alessandro (ITA) [WC] GHEDIN Riccardo (ITA)/GRASSI Claudio (ITA) vs BEDNAREK Tomasz (POL)/PRZYSIEZNY Michal (POL) [3] BECK Karol (SVK)/ZELENAY Igor (SVK) vs IGNATIK Uladzimir (BLR)/MOSER Nikolaus (AUT) FISCHER Martin (AUT)/OSWALD Philipp (AUT) vs HRBATY Dominik (SVK)/POSPISIL Jaroslav (CZE) 6-3 5-7 10-6
KOUBEK Stefan (AUT)/PEYA Alexander (AUT) vs CRUGNOLA Marco (ITA)/UNGUR Adrian (ROU) 3-6 6-0 10-2 COETZEE Jeff (RSA)/KOWALCZYK Mateusz (POL) vs [4] BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/SILJESTROM Andreas (SWE) 6-3 3-6 10-6 ELGIN Michail (RUS)/KUDRYAVTSEV Alexandre (RUS) vs [WC] LAGEDER Philip (ITA)/MONCADA Jose (HON) MEKTIC Nikola (CRO)/ZOVKO Ivan (CRO) vs [2] SHAMASDIN Adil (CAN)/ZOVKO Lovro (CRO) SINGLES DRAW [1,WC] Michal PRZYSIEZNY (POL) vs Daniele GIORGINI (ITA) Paolo LORENZI (ITA) vs Nikola MEKTIC (CRO) Alessio DI MAURO (ITA) vs [WC] Farrukh DUSTOV (UZB) Riccardo GHEDIN (ITA) vs [8] Jaroslav POSPISIL (CZE)
[4] Ivan DODIG (CRO) vs Stefan KOUBEK (AUT) Dominik HRBATY (SVK) vs Uladzimir IGNATIK (BLR) Ivan SERGEYEV (UKR) vs [WC] Daniele BRACCIALI (ITA) QUALIFIER vs [5] Martin FISCHER (AUT)
[6] Igor KUNITSYN (RUS) vs Ivo MINAR (CZE) Alexander PEYA (AUT) vs QUALIFIER Alberto BRIZZI (ITA) vs Adrian UNGUR (ROU) QUALIFIER vs [3] Simone BOLELLI (ITA)
[7] Konstantin KRAVCHUK (RUS) vs [WC] Claudio GRASSI (ITA) Alexandre KUDRYAVTSEV (RUS) vs QUALIFIER Marco CRUGNOLA (ITA) vs Matteo TREVISAN (ITA) Matteo VIOLA (ITA) vs [2] Karol BECK (SVK)
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-- Edited by daisy on Monday 8th of November 2010 11:38:34 PM
Col's and Dan's match is in a TB in the first set. I'm surprised - no I'm not - that this hasn't deserved a mention so far. Not looking good for the top seeds, either.
Col's and Dan's match is in a TB in the first set. I'm surprised - no I'm not - that this hasn't deserved a mention so far. Not looking good for the top seeds, either.
Been following it, h, but awaiting the end of the first set before posting. Didn't help when my LS froze! It would seem they haven't quite gelled - yet: 6-7(2). To cap it all, they're the only seeds left in the draw...!
-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 10th of November 2010 07:53:11 PM
All over 3-6 in the 2nd set. Now, was that a worthwhile trip, I ask myself?
Hello Helki - how are you? Are you going to Bolton DC? -------------------------------------------
So that's ALL the seeded pairs out of that Challenger .....
As to Colin - his trip over was a bit tortuous so I think you are right about whether it was worthwhile!!! From his twitter ....... Thought I was hopping down to Italy. 2 flights, 1 train, a 45min taxi and 12 hours later I'm in the Italian Alps! Let's do this Ortisei!
Hello Helki - how are you? Are you going to Bolton DC? -------------------------------------------
I'm fine Daisy, a bit of knee trouble which is to be sorted ( I hope) soon. Trust you're keeping well. Doesn't look as though we'll get to Bolton, but you never know, it may be possible.
I could have sworn there was no Ortisei thread when I started typing my first post, which I've now deleted, though I'm moving my initial comments here:
It would seem they haven't quite gelled - yet: 6-7(2). 
To cap it all, they're the only seeds left in the draw...! 
