Henman joins Rusedski on sidelines

Tim Henman lost his chance of retaining the CA Trophy in Vienna when he was beaten in three sets yesterday by the Argentinian Guillermo Cañas.

The second-seeded Briton started the second-round tie in confident fashion against the 23-year-old right-hander and wrapped up the first set 6-3 with little difficulty. But Cañas picked up his game in the second, using his strong forehand to good effect to take the set to a tie-break, which he won 7-4.

The match hung in the balance throughout the decider before Cañas triumphed in another tie-break 7-5 to go through to the quarter-finals.

Greg Rusedski was also knocked out as he made a disappointing start to the indoor season, losing his first-round match 6-2, 6-2 to the Czech, Jiri Novak.

After surrendering the first set, the British No 2 was broken in his third service game of the second set and then dropped serve again to fall 5-2 behind. "I played my usual indoor hard court match... but this is even slower than clay," he said.