Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt has won an epic five-setter to oust 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro and reach the third round of the US Open in New York.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Hewitt continued his excellent summer run with a spirited 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 victory over the sixth seed and has a golden opportunity to venture even deeper in the grand slam draw.
Contesting his 13th US Open, Hewitt will play Russian Evgeny Donskoy on Sunday for a spot in the last 16, the report said.
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