MONTREAL – Canadian Frank Dancevic moved one step closer to a berth in the Rogers Cup main draw, defeating Marius Copil in a Saturday qualifier at Uniprix Stadium.
Dancevic, of Niagara Falls, Ont., will face American Tim Smyczek — who beat Canadian Pavel Krainik 6-0, 6-4 in his first qualifier — in the second round of qualifying on Sunday. The main draw begins Monday.
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Dancevic needed one hour 16 minutes to beat his Romania opponent 7-6 (3), 6-3 on centre cou
The 33-year-old Dancevic, ranked 357th in the world, won 84 per cent of his first-serve points and was never broken by Copil, the sixth seed in the qualifying tournament.
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Dancevic needed one hour 16 minutes to beat his Romania op
Other Canadians didn’t fare so well in their qualifying matches. Raheel Manji fell to Slovakia’s Norbert Gombos, Philip Bester lost to Ireland’s James McGee and Kelsey Stevenson was beat by American Reilly Opelka.
Canada’s Antoine Leduc, Samuel Monette, Benjamin Sigouin and Filip Peliwo played their qualifiers later Saturday.