US Open - Hewitt marches on with four-set win

Hewitt, 32, the champion at Flushing Meadows in 2001, recovered from a lapse in the second set to defeat Russia's Evgeny Donskoy 6-3 7-6(5) 3-6 6-1 in two hours and 55 minutes on the Grandstand court.

Hewitt will face either Germany's 12th seed Tommy Haas or 21st-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny for a berth in his first quarter-final at a major since Wimbledon in 2009.

Riding strong crowd support at Flushing Meadows after recovering from five surgeries in recent years, Hewitt won 24 of 31 points at the net in an aggressive display.

"It's always great to come back to where it all started for me," he said. "The atmosphere in New York suits my personality. It's a lot of fun here, always."

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Tennis - Radwanska marches through in Stanford

The Pole kicked off her campaign at the Californian event - her first since losing to Sabine Lisicki in the semi-final at Wimbledon - after having received a bye directly into the second round.

Radwanska, who earlier in the week had to defend her decision to pose nude for a sports magazine following criticism in her home country, showed no signs of distraction as she dominated the contest and put herself in a winning position early on.

World number 59 Schiavone, once ranked fourth - a position Radwanska currently occupies - did manage to put a run games together in the second set, but by that time Radwanska was all but home and dry.

She will now meet American sixth seed Varvara Lepchenko, who downed Tamira Paszek of Austria 6-4 6-4.

Samantha Stosur, the second seed, crashed out of the tournament a day earlier to improve Radwanska's hopes of winning a third WTA title this season.

Stanford Classic results

Round two

1-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-4 6-3

5-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Coco Vandeweghe (U.S.) 6-3 6-3

6-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) beat Tamira Paszek (Austria) 6-4 6-4

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