Frank Dancevic Back on Track in Miami

Frank Dancevic in Miami (AFP Photo/Don MacKinnon)

A few years ago Frank Dancevic was the top ranked Canadian male tennis player with a ranking of 65th in the world. He had huge wins over Roddick, Del Potro and Verdasco, and Pete Bodo affectionately referred to him as "the poor man's Federer."

Unfortunately, Dancevic suffered from a few injuries, dropped in the rankings, and was replaced by Peter Polansky and, of course, Milos Raonic, as the next big thing in Canadian tennis.

I've always been a big fan of the way Frank plays, and I had the opportunity to watch him practice two years ago at the Rogers Cup, so I was excited to see that he had qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open, and then won his first round match against Jeremy Chardy.

Next up for Dancevic is American Mardy Fish. Dancevic will need to play his very best if he wants to move into the next round, but it's definitely possible—especially since Frank is coming into the match on a 10-match winning streak and Mardy hasn't been playing all that well recently.

It would be great for Canadian tennis to have another strong male in the mix, so I'm hoping Frank can keep it up and win a few more matches.

Federer's Still Got It

Wow. What a match. Federer defeats Berdych 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 to book himself a place in the semifinals tomorrow against either Djokovic or Chardy. This was a pretty important match as Tomas had beaten Roger in their last two meetings, and I think Roger needed this win to feel confident about his chances at the US Open.

The match was played in front of a very pro-Federer crowd—which is totally great—but there were moments when people were cheering for Berdych's missed serves. Keep up the crazed excitement Toronto but don't cheer for a player's mistakes—never a cool thing to do!

Tomorrow's semifinals are going to be amazing: Nadal vs. Murray and Federer vs. Djokovic or Chardy. I think Roger will definitely beat either Novak or Jeremy, and I'm going to go with Rafa beating Andy, but I also wouldn't be surprised if Andy pulled out a win over Rafa.

Can't wait to see how it all turns out!

More Photos from the Rogers Cup!

Novak Djokovic on the practice courts

Victor Hanescu posing with fans

Canadian Milos Raonic practicing on Aug. 11

Jeremy Chardy in match against Fernando Verdasco

Rafa Nadal serving in match against Stan Wawrinka

Davydenko practicing on Aug. 10

Soderling taking a drink break during practice

Michael Llodra practicing on Aug. 10

Shirtless Robredo practicing with a shirtless Almagro

Roger Federer on the practice courts on Aug. 10

Canadian Peter Polansky practicing with Federer

Stan Wawrinka on the practice courts