Rusedski was poor against Saulnier

Greg Rusedski is out of the AAPT Championships in Adelaide.

The British number two was hammered 6-2 6-2 in the second round by unseeded Frenchman Cyril Saulnier.

The 30-year-old Rusedski had made a winning return to action in the first round after an injury-ravaged 2003.

"It's only my second match back so I have to keep everything in perspective," he said. "I can only improve from this performance."

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Rusedski had been on the sidelines with foot, knee and back problems since losing both his singles matches in last September's Davis Cup defeat in Morocco.

Rusedski said: "I thought (Saulnier) played well but I didn't really do too much today. I didn't handle the conditions well enough and I hit too many double faults.

"If I'm not serving well, it puts me in a tough situation. He played well today. I have to give him credit, he struck the ball well, but I didn't do enough out there."

Alberto Martin was another high profile second-round casualty, the seventh seeded Spaniard going down in straight sets 6-2 6-3 to Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty.

Sixth seed Jarkko Nieminen beat Italy's Davide Sanguinetti, the Finn coming through, after a first set tie-break, 7-6 (7/2) 6-4.

Australia's Todd Reid gave the home fans something to cheer with a 6-3 6-2 win over Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands.