Wimbledon champion Rafa Nadal may face a Canadian in his first match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Rafa will receive a bye in the first round of the tournament before facing either Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus or Peter Polansky, a native of Thornhill, Ont.

Rafa's potential quarter-final opponent will be No. 5 seed and fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic would meet Rafa if both players advance to the semi-finals.

he tournament’s No. 1 seed, Roger Federer, looks to have the easiest path to the finals among the big three players on the ATP Tour right now. Americans Andy Roddick and James Blake are on his side of the draw along with Russian No. 4 seed Nikolay Davydenko. 

Canada’s top singles player, Frank Dancevic, will open his tournament against Croatian Mario Ancic. If Dancevic advances he would face Djokovic in the second round.

The Rogers Cup will start on Monday at the Rexall Centre iin Toronto. The top eight seeds have received a bye through the first round. They are in order: Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Davydenko, Ferrer, Roddick, Blake and Murray.