There are 5 Brits here, including Sam Hutt as 8th seed. The draw hasn't been kind to the others, with three up against top 100 seeds.
Incidentally there is also a strong Grade 2 event in France, where Joshua Sapwell made his first appearance in a Junior event for 6 months. He creditably won a couple of matches but lost his final qualifier.
R1 (L32)
Billy Harris (GBR) v (5) Maxime Hamou (FRA)
(4) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP) v Myles Orton (GBR)
Diogo Rocha (POR) v (8) Sam Hutt (GBR)
Christopher Pearce (GBR) v (3) Marat Deviatiarov (UKR)
(Q) Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP) v Tom Hill (GBR)
Sam continues his miserable start to 2012 - just 1 win in 7 tournaments
R1 (L32)
(5) Maxime Hamou (FRA) d. Billy Harris (GBR) 1-6 6-0 6-3 (4) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP) v Myles Orton (GBR) Diogo Rocha (POR) d. (8) Sam Hutt (GBR) 6-4 6-0 (3) Marat Deviatiarov (UKR) d. Christopher Pearce (GBR) 6-1 6-2 (Q) Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP) v Tom Hill (GBR)
Another disastrous Grade 2 tournament with no singles wins
R1 (L32)
(5) Maxime Hamou (FRA) d. Billy Harris (GBR) 1-6 6-0 6-3 (4) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP) d. Myles Orton (GBR) 7-5 6-2 Diogo Rocha (POR) d. (8) Sam Hutt (GBR) 6-4 6-0 (3) Marat Deviatiarov (UKR) d. Christopher Pearce (GBR) 6-1 6-2 (Q) Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP) d. Tom Hill (GBR) 7-5 6-4
A postscript on Joshua Sapwell who eventually went further than all 5 Brits here, in singles and doubles at Cap D'Ail. He got in as a lucky loser, beating a higher-ranked Italian, before losing to a strong German (Kevin Kaczynski, ranked inside the ATP top 1000) who has reached the final without losing a set. In doubles he teamed up with last year's second ranked TE14 Andrey Rublev to reach the semis.
