NOLE CAKES ONWARD!!!

The crowd was for homeland favorite Lleyton Hewitt but Nole Cakes took the match--as expected!!

On to the quarterfinals, where Nole will face David Ferrer.

While the US was in a some-what sleepy state, Nole was taking care of business down under:

Novak Djokovic weathered a gallant challenge from a tenacious Lleyton Hewitt to send the last Australian in the draw packing and make the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday.

While most at the packed Rod Laver Arena hoped for a boilover, few expected it to materialise but 30-year-old Hewitt rode the crowd's emotion to poach a set off the world number one before going down fighting 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3.

Dressed in black and prowling panther-like across the baseline, Djokovic was in no mood for sentiment as he motored through the first two sets.