NEW YORK (AP) — Lleyton Hewitt served up a shutout, Martina Hingis needed only an hour and Svetlana Kuznetsova neatly slid into the second round Tuesday at the U.S. Open. Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick hoped to keep up that run by former champions in the featured night matches.

A day after Roger Federer, Justine Henin and the Williams sisters breezed, the favorites followed with straight-set victories.

Sixth-seeded James Blake, who hopes to someday hoist the silver trophy, rallied in both tiebreakers and beat Michael Russell 7-6 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (4).

''If it's three sets or five sets, Mike's going to make me work hard,'' Blake said.

Blake made a smart instant-replay challenge in the first-set tiebreaker, prompting his vocal rooting section — the J-Block — to start chanting ''Har-vard! Har-vard!'' He went there for two years before turning pro.

Hewitt won all 16 points on serve in the final set and beat Amer Delic 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. The 16th-ranked Australian hit winners from all over and, changing the speed of his serves, never faced a break point.

''I tried to mix myself up to use it smartly, work the angles, not let him get into a rhythm out there where he feels like he can just go for it, lash out on a few,'' Hewitt said. ''I felt like I was playing on my terms.''

Kuznetsova also coasted, defeating Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3. The fourth-ranked Russian covered the court exceptionally well, especially in the final game when she did a full split going to her right and again to her left.

Despite losing both points, she quickly closed out the match. She showed a slight hobble walking off the court, but seemed fine a few minutes later.

Kuznetsova said she tried ''to get to every ball back because she was missing a lot.''

''So I had to slide for the balls. I have to really be careful about my feet,'' she said.