Henman falls to Pavel

A jaded-looking Tim Henman crashed out of the Masters Series event in Hamburg in the second round after losing 6-2 6-2 to Romanian Andrei Pavel.

A solid opponent proved too good for Henman and the match took little over 45 minutes.

Henman had struggled in his first-round match against Andreas Seppi after coming down with a cold at the weekend.

Pavel broke Henman's serve in the opening game and took the second without too much difficulty.

But Henman recovered from his slow start and reduced the deficit, albeit in less than convincing fashion.

The Romanian looked comfortable and went further ahead at 3-1, but Henman looked to have found his rhythm when he took the fifth without reply.

Pavel barely broke stride in regaining his two-game advantage and went three ahead after Henman recovered from three break points down only to lose the seventh with a double fault.

Henman produced 16 unforced errors to Pavel's one and an almost flawless service game signalled the end of a short first set.