Under-pressure Perry fails to keep US flag flying

SHENAY PERRY admitted the burden of being the last remaining American in Wimbledon led to her straight-sets capitulation to Elena Dementieva.

Perry was routed 6-2 6-0 on Court Three with seventh seed Dementieva hardly breaking sweat on the way to setting up a quarter-final against fellow Russian Maria Sharapova.

There will be no American interest in the last eight for the first time since 1911, with Perry, their last hope, buckling under the pressure.