tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181788068287108382.post-33620601324845338862008-07-09T07:40:00.001+05:302008-07-09T07:40:58.258+05:30<p style="text-align: justify;">The seventh-seeded Canadian dropped the opening set before rallying past American wild card Taylor Dent, 3-6 7-5 6-1, at the Campbells Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dancevic has spent most of this year playing on the Challenger circuit and has posted just a pair of wins at the ATP level. However, one of those wins came two weeks ago in the opening round at Wimbledon, where he shocked seventh-seeded David Nalbandian in straight sets before losing in the next round.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dancevic, who improved to 2-5 lifetime against top-10 players with his stunner against Nalbandian, comes into this tournament ranked 99th in the world and is looking for his first ATP title.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The 23-year-old struggled with his serve in the first set and was broken midway through, eventually losing the set to Dent.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dancevic was broken twice in the second set but took advantage on three of four break chances of his own and won four of the last five games to extend the match.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Canadian dominated the final set, winning 71% of his service points and breaking Dent twice to avoid a first-round upset. Dancevic will next face American Brendan Evans, who won his opening-round match on Monday.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Also winning Tuesday was fifth-seeded American John Isner, who cruised past countryman Jesse Levine, 6-3 6-1.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Trailing while on serve, 3-2, in the opening set, Isner won the final four games and the first five of the second set, converting four of five break-point opportunities.</p>MELOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08339980916849003005noreply@blogger.com