Another American ousted

Another veteran American player has lost at the US Open. 

Fifth-seeded Robin Soderling has won his second-round match at the U.S. Open, defeating American Taylor Dent 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.

Soderling, who has reached the final at the French Open for two straight years, needed five sets for his first-round victory at Flushing Meadows but had a much easier time with Dent on Thursday.

Dent got buzz last year when he played in his first U.S. Open in three years, after recovering from a pair of delicate operations on his back. He won two matches last year before losing to Andy Murray.

This time it was Soderling knocking him out in a 92-minute match in which both players topped 140 mph on their serve, but Soderling had 14 aces to only nine from Dent.

The American dream is in danger of sliding into nightmare. 

Yesterday 18-year-old Ryan Harrison won his first match -- and was joined by emerging players Sam Querrey and John Isner in the second round -- Andy Roddick looked old and tired.

James Blake has split sets with Peter Polansky.