On the women's side, 18-year-old Beatric Capra is keeping the USA flag alive with Venus Williams. On the men's side, the American are also shining bright so far.
Even though Roddick might have lost early, 18-year-old Ryan Harrison made it through to the big one yesterday by upsetting Ivan Ljubicic in the first round. The American is hoping this will be a start of a good US Open run.
"To win on this stage here and to take out a top 20 player in the world is the biggest win of my career," Harrison said.
Harrison became the first young American man in nearly a decade to knock off a Top 20 player in a Grand Slam event. Roddick did it in 2001 when he upset no.11 seed Alex Corretja at the US Open.
"Roddick has been helping me since I was 15, 16 years old," Harrison said. "Every time I see him, he's always been extremely helpful and really talked to me a lot about some of the things he experienced when he was first coming up."
He next face Sergiy Stakhovsky.