Tennis:Tim Henman's latest tilt at Wimbledon has come to an abrupt end after the home favourite had the misfortune of drawing an early meeting with world number one Roger Federer.
The second round encounter last just an hour and 25 minutes, in which time Henman won just six games in the entire match, eventually losing 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.
There were glimpses of the shots which took Henman to four Wimbledon quarter-finals, but all too often they came in desperate defence.
One such backhand winner saved a break point in the opening game of the second set, but Federer promptly converted the next and broke Henman again - thanks to an astounding forehand winner which had Henman staring in disbelief - to race into a 4-0 lead.
Henman briefly queried a close line call as he lost his serve for a third time to fall 5-0 behind, but his heart was clearly not in it and Federer looked keen to put him out of his misery.
A thumping ace gave Federer the set 6-0 in just 22 minutes as the Centre Court crowd attempted a Mexican wave to try to amuse themselves.
Henman railed against the inevitable in the third and held serve twice but there was no stopping the Swiss supremo who is now 43 games unbeaten on grass.
Earlier former finalist David Nalbandian wore down experienced French baseliner Arnaud Clement 6-4 6-4 6-3 to reach the third round.
The Argentine fourth seed pummelled Clement with his hefty serve and pounding groundstrokes.
Nalbandian, who lost the 2002 final to Lleyton Hewitt, broke serve early in all three sets and defended doggedly, finishing with an emphatic crosscourt winner for another break in the final game.
He next meets either Fernando Verdasco of Spain or German qualifier Benjamin Becker.
Number three seed Andy Roddick overcame an early set-back to beat Janko Tipsarevic, of Serbia and Montenegro, 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-6 (8-6) 6-2.
Hewitt continued his dramatic grass-court re-emergence by swatting aside the challenge of Italian Filippo Volandri to reach the second round in style.
The 2002 champion fell out of the world top 10 due to a persistent ankle injury but his fourth Queen's Club crown two years ago set him up for another title challenge.
And the way in which Hewitt disposed of the world number 56 6-1 6-1 6-3 sent out a clear warning to his rivals in the bottom half of the draw - maybe even the seemingly invincible Federer.
Russian Nikolay Davydenko became the highest men's seed to exit Wimbledon so far when the number nine lost 2-6 7-6 7-6 6-3 to Colombian qualifier Alejandro Falla.
It was Davydenko's fourth first-round exit at the grasscourt grand slam in the last five years.
The Russian was level at one-set all overnight but on resumption, Falla, the world number 127 and Colombia's only representative in the men's singles, dominated Court Two.
The left-hander plays German Philipp Kohlschreiber next. Falla also reached the second round at Wimbledon in 2004 before being thrashed 6-1 6-2 6-0 by Federer.