the Medibank International in Sydney but lost in the first round to No. 5 seed Igor Andreev, 6–7, 3–6. Dancevic lost in the final qualifying round of the Australian Open as the No. 14 seed but has been entered into the main draw as a lucky loser, where he lost in the first round to No. 9 seed James Blake in straight sets. He then lost the following week 4–6, 1–6 to Ramón Delgado in the first round of the Carson Challenger. Two weeks later Dancevic lost in the first round of qualifying of the Cellular South Cup. He followed this result by qualifying and losing in the first round of the Delray Beach International, 5–7, 3–6 to top seed Mardy Fish. After Canada's first Davis Cup tie of the year (see section below), Dancevic took a week off. He next qualified for the main draw of the Sony Ericsson Open, defeating Nicolas Mahut and top seed Dudi Sela, 6–2, 6–4. Dancevic then upset Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6–4, 7–6 in the first round before losing to world No. 3, Novak Djokovic, 3–6, 2–6. Dancevic then returned to poor form, losing in the first round of three consecutive Challenger events. After taking a few weeks off from competition, he lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open, to world No. 221 Jean-René Lisnard in straight sets, despite having been the No. 7 seed. He then lost in the first round of the Aegon Trophy Challenger and second round of qualifying for the Aegon Championships as the top seed. Both of these tournaments are played on grass which is arguably Dancevic's best surface, although at least his first match at Queen's Club was played indoors on a synthetic surface due to rain. Dancevic has rebounded in a big way on the eve of Wimbledon, having reached the final of an ATP Tour event for only his second time, the Aegon International. He first easily qualified for the grass court tourney, and then defeated top seed Igor Andreev, 7–6, 6–2, in the first round. Dancevic then defeated British wild card James Ward 7–6, 6–4 to advance to the quarterfinals where he faced Leonardo Mayer. After a three set win, he beat veteran Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 6–4 to advance to his second ever ATP Tour final, which he lost to Dmitry Tursunov, 3–6, 6–7, who coincidentally defeated Dancevic in his first