NEW YORK -- Todd Martin woke at the crack of noon, the roars of the loudest little crowd still ringing in his head.

	Those who stuck around late into the night got to see a great match and a victory lap by Todd Martin

Martin put on the greatest show of the U.S. Open this year with a comeback from two sets down against Carlos Moya, and hardly anyone saw it -- unless they watched televised replays of his delightfully uninhibited victory lap.

"It was a real drunk sensation," Martin said when he returned Wednesday for practice after going to sleep at about 4:30 a.m. ET. "It's a matter of losing your inhibitions about letting people see what's inside of you.

"You know, it doesn't matter who sees it. It matters what you get out of the experience. What the Nielsen ratings were on the coverage last night is not going to affect how good I felt about it."

For the second consecutive year, Martin came up with five-set magic, and this time he celebrated as if he had just won the title instead of merely reaching the quarterfinals.

At 1:22 a.m. ET, after 4 hours, 17 minutes of drama Tuesday night, Martin happily smashed his racket on the court and raced around the stadium slapping hands with hundreds of the hardy fans and friends who stayed to watch another remarkable comeback.

Martin's 6-7 (3), 6-7 (7), 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory over Moya came one year after a similar comeback from two sets down in the same fourth round against Greg Rusedski en route to the final.

"Since last year, I said my match against Greg was one of my more memorable moments," Martin said. "This one I felt was even better, considering I beat a player who I felt was playing very well. I felt super about last night.

"I don't feel like it's necessarily deserved to be able to live out dreams like last night two times. The most important thing is that you seize the moment when you have it, and fortunately it's happened a couple of times now."

The escape this time was no less remarkable, with Martin serving 24 aces and saving 17 of 18 break points.

"I feel terrible, but I feel great," Martin said. "I was feeling a little bushed (after the second set) but I got off to a good start in the third and kept going."

Some might say that, life being unfair at times, Martin will be remembered less for his come-from-behind victory than the leads he blew against Andre Agassi in the final here last year and against MaliVai Washington in the 1996 Wimbledon semifinals.

"That's for the people to remember," Martin said. "For me to remember is what I like to remember. I'll always remember my matches against Mal and Andre. I don't think these two matches here would have happened if not for those events. I think life is incredibly fair or else we wouldn't be able to learn from our mistakes."

In the quarters, Martin will play another unseeded player, Sweden's Thomas Johansson, who eliminated Wayne Arthurs 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4.

"Thomas is a great player," Martin said. "It's been surprising for me to see him not do as well as he once was doing. But I think we all hit lulls in our careers. I think this is probably the beginning of his next burst."