I've received some photos of Alex from Italy F17, go to the photo galleries of his official site to view them.

I heard from Alex earlier this week on his singles matches from Italy F17, he didn't mention the doubles win, here are the reports I did for http://www.freewebs.com/alexslabinsky:

Rd1 singles: A Slabinsky [GB] bt A Piccari [It][4] 6-0, 6-0
Report: Quite an amazing victory for Alex, to whitewash a player close to the top 500 who's ranked 100 places higher is quite something ! Piccari has quite a volatile temperament and this most definately cost him in this match. Speaking afterwards, Alex said "In the 1st set, I went 4-0 up pretty quickly and the guy went crazy and starting throwing his racket. He then gave up the rest of the 1st set. At the start of set 2, he tried for the first 3 games which I won before just giving up !!!"

Rd2 singles: A Slabinsky [GB] lost to E Burzi [It] 2-6, 6-7[5]
Report: After such a superb rd1 win, Alex's section of the draw looked to have opened up, however unfortunately he was unable to take advantage, losing to on-form Italian Enrico Burzi. Although ranked lower than Alex, Burzi has been on very good form in the past few weeks, beating several players ranked in the 300s and the 400s in close 3 set matches. Speaking afterwards, Alex said: "I got outplayed in the 1st set and he won that quite comfortably. In set 2, I upped my game and came back from 4-1 down playing more aggressively. It went to a tiebreak and I was 5-4 up but lost 3 straight long rallies to lose." Alex can count himself unlucky as Burzi went on to win the tournament.