London - Former champion Lleyton Hewitt showed his Wimbledon pedigree as he reached the second week for the sixth straight year through a 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 defeat of German Philipp Petzschner Saturday. Accompanied by a chorus of singing from yellow-shirted Australian Fanatic fans at nearly every changeover, the former number one who lifted the trophy in 2002, continued his remarkable run with the third-round victory in just under two and a half hours.
The 56th-ranked Hewitt who underwent hip surgery last summer, held off 16 aces from his opponent to advance.
German Tommy Haas, 31, a one-time world number two who has undergone multiple shoulder operations, finished of a thriller held over in the fifth set due to darkness, defeating 11th seed Marin Cilic, 7-5, 7-5, 1-6, 6-7 (3-7), 10-8.
Haas had a late-night Indian takeaway at his rented house after undergoing physio on his tired 29-year-old body Friday night.
"While that was going on, we were listening to all the great legendary songs from Michael Jackson," he added.
"Winning these kind of matches, it's like you are still on a high in some ways. The body's feeling a little bit tired, to be honest. It was a long match, a tough battle yesterday with so many ups and downs.
"Also mentally it drains you for sure. But overall, I'm feeling great."
Russian Igor Andreev also completed a match stalledat 5-5 in the fourth set, ending with a winning tiebreaker over Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5).
Czech Tomas Berdych swept Russian 12th seed Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
Five-time women's winner Venus Williams defeated Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-4, backing up an Australian Open victory of six months ago against the 20-year-old.
Williams will play against former French Open holder Ana Ivanovic, as the 13th seed ended the run of Australian Sam Stosur 7-5, 6-2.
Williams and Ivanovic will next meet for the sixth time in their careers, with the American standing 5-1, her lone loss coming at the Melbourne quarter-finals last year.
American Melanie Oudin, ranked 124, produced the shock of the women's draw when she stunned former number one and sixth seed Jelena Jankovic 6-7 (8-10), 7-5, 6-2.
Jankovic came to the new Court 3 against the 17-year-old from Atlanta complaining of illness and was seen by the trainer during contest which stretched for almost three hours as she became the highest seed to exit so far.
"After the first set, I felt really dizzy, and I thought that I was just gonna end up in the hospital," said the noted Serbian drama queen. "I started to shake. I was losing my, how you say consciousness.
"I didn't know if I was gonna fall down and just (leave the court) in an ambulance. But I started to feel a little bit better.
"It's some woman problems, as well. It's not easy being a woman sometimes. All these things happen. What can I do?I tried my best."
Qualifier Oudin's victory was her first in two starts as majors, losing in the first round at the Australian Open and failing to make the main draw in Paris.
"I was just thinking that she was any other player and this was any other match and I was at any other tournament," said the home-schooled teenager who got into tennis through her grandmother.
"Not like I was on the biggest stage at Wimbledon playing my first Top 10 player. I think I handled it really well today."
Dane Caroline Wozniacki, number nine, put out Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-2.
