 Welcome back to Tennis Talk, my name's Cam Williams, and we have some serious doubt over whether some of the best players in the world Actually gonna be playing at the Australian Open next month. We have some massive players that have already pulled out So let's go to the withdrawal list for the women and the men and then talk about the players that might not even make the trip To Australia. So let's start with the players that have confirmed They're not playing the Australian Open on the women's side Bianca Andrescu She's pulled out Carolina Pliskov is pulled out with a hand injury last year's semi finalist Mukava has also pulled out along with last year's finalist Jen Brady She's out as well and Serena Williams has also pulled out of the event going over to the men's side now and the major names that have pulled out Roger Federer, he's pulled out with that knee injury Guido Pallo has also pulled out former champion Stan Vavrenko He's pulled out Miller Shroyon Which is the latest player to pull out on the men's side and one of the best doubles players in the world Her bear has also pulled out of the Australian Open now Let's look at the players that are in doubt to play the Australian Open because they've either cancelled events before the Australian Open Or pulled out of those events or for the most part they've got COVID over the last week or so No back jock of each we have no idea what his plans are pulled out of the ATB Cup And looks like he's not gonna play any warm-up event. So if he does play the Australian Open It'll be without any matches. It's very dangerous Rafa Nadal He went back to Spain after getting COVID at the Abu Dhabi event along with a bunch of other players There's a bit of a question mark on whether Rafa's gonna play He is supposed to be playing in a Melbourne event at the start of the season though So maybe he does play Dominic team He's cancelled a bunch of events including the ATB Cup He also didn't play in the Abu Dhabi event pulling out of that one at the last minute So we don't know if teams gonna be playing. Belinda Benchich She should be playing the events leading up to the Australian Open But she did get COVID as a part of that Abu Dhabi event along with on Strabour She also got COVID from that event But again, she is supposed to be playing but still you never know how long these last and of course The Australian Open have very strict COVID rules and Andre Rublev add him to the list of COVID cases as well because he just got COVID in the last 24 hours as a part of that Abu Dhabi list again He is supposed to be playing the ATB Cup with team Russia But he might have to pull out of that event if he doesn't recover in time So you have it the players that have withdrawn and the players that it's a bit of a question mark on whether they're playing because they've Either withdrawn from tournaments or they got COVID over the last couple of days Let me know down in the comments below. How many of the players are that are in doubt? Do you think we'll actually play do you think Jokovic is gonna play? Do you think Rafa's gonna play? Do you think teams gonna play? They're the three big ones for me that I have no idea I wouldn't be surprised if they all pull out because they have cancelled events going into the Australian Open So preparations for the Australian Open starting a couple of days And there's some big question marks over the best plays in the world