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Lleyton Hewitt returned to his old stomping ground at Wimbledon's Centre Court to score the biggest upset in the men's draw so far with a 6-3 7-5 7-5 win over fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro.

Australian Hewitt, ranked 56 in the world after a series of injuries but champion here in 2002, never allowed the Argentine an inch of breathing space with superb ground coverage and made the most of his opponent's discomfort at the net.

Del Potro, 20, a semi-finalist at Roland Garros last month, had his left knee taped up at the end of the first set after a nasty slip, and Hewitt, who won the opener in 45 minutes, rammed home his advantage.

Hewitt, roared on by a vocal section of Australian fans, won his only break point of the second set late on before taking it 7-5.

He served for the match at 5-4 but Del Potro levelled only for Hewitt to break again and he made no mistake second time around by holding his serve to book a third-round clash with Germany's Philipp Petzschner, who battled past compatriot Mischa Zverev 4-6 7-6(13) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-0.

American sixth seed Andy Roddick overcame a mid-match stutter to beat Russia's Igor Kunitsyn 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2 and progress.

Roddick, twice a finalist at the All England Club, looked set to sail through after taking the first two sets with ease thanks to his whiplash serve and improving ground-stroke placement.

But Kunitsyn, ranked 39 and facing the American for the first time, hit back in the third before Roddick sealed the win in two hours and six minutes on Court One, sealing it when the Russian hit an off-balance forehand into the net.

Roddick will next face Austrian 26th seed Jurgen Melzer, who beat Germany's Benjamin Becker 7-6(6) 6-3 7-6(1).

Eighth seed Giles Simon was forced to recover from a set down before beating Brazil's Thiago Alves 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4. The Frenchman will face 31st seed Victor Hanescu in the third round, after the Romanian made light work of France's Nicolas Devilder and progressed thanks to a 6-2 6-3 6-1 win.

Russian 10th seed Nikolay Davydenko wasted little time in booking his place in the third round with a 6-4 6-4 6-2 win over Romania's Victor Crivoi and will next face Czech 20th seed Tomas Berdych, after he was similarly brief in closing out a 6-2 6-4 6-4 win over France's Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Czech 23rd seed Radek Stepanek was made to work hard to overcome a stubborn Potito Starace but eventually prevailed 6-4 4-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 and will next face 16th seed David Ferrer , after the Spaniard beat Fabio Fognini 6-2 6-2 6-3.

Stanislas Wawrinka booked his place in the third round after a 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over Argentina's Martin Vassallo Arguello and will face Jesse Levine, after the American emerged a 6-2 6-1 4-6 4-6 6-3 winner over Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas.

Chile's 10th seed Fernando Gonzalez dropped the first set before recovering to put out Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-4.

The French Open semi-finalist, who took to the court with a heavily strapped right knee, will face Juan Carlos Ferrero in the third round, after the Spaniard put out French veteran Fabrice Santoro 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 6-3.

Reuters