US Open 2013: Day 5 wrap - Lleyton Hewitt back in spotlight after knocking Juan Martin del Potro out

Agnieszka Radwanska celebrates winning her women’s singles third round match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Day Five of the 2013 US Open. (Getty Images)

Meanwhile, fifth seed Tomas Berdych had to dig deep against American Denis Kudla to earn a straight sets 7-6(3), 7-6(3), 6-3 in close to three hours. Defending champion Andy Murray also progressed through to the third round after a minor hiccup in has match against Argentine Leonardo Mayer. The British No. 1 won in four sets, 7-5, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.

Ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka also advanced after a hard-fought 7-5, 7-6(8), 6-4 win against big-serving Ivo Karlovic. However, 17^th seed Kevin Anderson could win only six games in the entire match and was handed a shock defeat at the hands of Cypriat Marcos Baghdatis.

Among the other seeded players, 12^th seed Tommy Haas, 21^st seed Mikhail Youzhny and 31^st seed Julien Benneteau all advanced to the next round.

Women’s draw:

In the women’s section, Chinese Li Na took sweet revenge against Brit Laura Robson (who defeated her last year) courtesy a straight sets 6-2, 7-5 win. Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska also progressed through to the fourth round, defeating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6(1) in the first match of the morning on Louis Armstrong.

In an all American battle on Arthur Ashe, Australian Open semi-finalist Sloane Stephens emerged victorious over Jamie Hampton, defeating her in straight sets 6-1, 6-3. Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisciki was the highest seed to lose out in the women’s draw as she was defeated by Russian Ekaterina Makarova.

Among the other seeds, eight seed Angelique Kerber, ninth seed Jelena Jankovic and 18^th seed Carla Suarez Navarro all booked fourth round berths.

In a late night encounter starting almost at midnight, top seed Serena Williams defeated Yaroslava Schvedova 6-3, 6-1 to book a fourth round clash against compatriot Stephens.

India at Flushing Meadows:

The Indians did not have a good day at the US Open as Somdev Devvarman bowed out of the singles category, losing out to Andreas Seppi in straight sets .The Indian challenge in the mixed doubles category also ended as all the three mixed doubles teams lost out in their opening round matches.

The only silver lining for India was Rohan Bopanna’s doubles win with Edouard Roger Vasselin in the first round of the men’s doubles event.

Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) [6] beat Bradley Klahn (USA) / Sam Querrey (USA) 6-2 6-4

Somdev Devvarman lost to Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-7(8) 4-6 5-7

Sania Mirza (IND)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) lost to Liezel Huber (USA) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) [8] 6-4 6-7(10) [4-10]

Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) lost to Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 6-7, 6-7

Rohan Bopanna (IND) [3]/ Julia Goerges (GER) [3] lost to Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 7(1)-6, 2-6 [6-10]

Matches to watch out for Day 6:

John Isner vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber; Feliciano Lopez vs. Milos Raonic; Richard Gasquet vs. Dmitry Tursunov; Victoria Azarenka vs. Alize Cornet; Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Flavia Pennetta