Hewitt wins marathon match

Lleyton Hewitt won a five-set thriller at the US Open, taking three-and-a-half hours to beat James Blake.

He won the third round match 6-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3.

At last year's Open, the pair were involved in a controversial match when Hewitt questioned a foot-fault call.

Blake is black and Hewitt questioned the legality of an African-American line judge's call, telling the chair umpire: "Look at him mate and tell me what the similarity is."

The Aussie world number one later denied his words were racist.

He will face Jiri Novak in the fourth round after the Czech led Marcelo Rios by two sets and the Chilean pulled out injured.