Henman advances in Stuttgart

Tim Henman cruised into the third round of the Masters
Series event in Stuttgart with a convincing win over German
Axel Pretzsch.

Henman, the seventh seed, shared the first six games of the
opening set with the qualifier before stamping his authority on
the match.

The British number one won the next nine games without
reply to complete a 6-3 6-0 victory and boost his hopes of
qualifying for the end of season Masters Cup.

Henman, ninth in the Champions Race at the start of the
week, needs to move up to eighth to qualify for the Masters
Cup for the second time.

"The way I'm going to qualify is if I win matches," said the
27-year-old. "If I win matches I can take care of my own deal.

"There is no point in worrying about what the other guys are
up to."

Story filed: 20:49 Tuesday 16th October 2001