 Okay so the Miami open draw for the men has just come out and there are some interesting matches in the first rounds especially in the fourth round and beyond of course the quarterfinals and that are going to be fun but there are some interesting clashes let's go have a look at who's not going to be playing though because there are some big names that are pulled out. Okay so the withdrawal list we have Milosh Rayonich he's pulled out Karatsev he's also pulled out McDonald won't be playing this one either Novak Djokovic biggest name to pull out of this event and Stan Bavrinka will also be missing from this tournament. Djokovic and Bavrinka I think are focusing more on clay court tennis so that's why they won't be featured this year. All right top of the draw we've got 32 seeds in this one and all 32 seeds get a buy in the first round Karatsev Elkraz is the number one seed gets a buy in the first round he'll take on either Vukic or Bayana in the second round then you've got Dusen Lyovic taking on Gael Montfies winner plays the number 32 seed Chorich in the second round so Montfies Chorich winner plays Elkraz could be the combination of matches that we get then you've got 23rd seed Moosetti gets a buy in the first round he'll take on either Sefuelin or a qualifier in the second round then you've got Landalucci taking on Minar winner of that would take on the number 16 seed Sheldon in the second round Sheldon Elkraz fourth round love that love that there are some all good players in this section though of course we're going to be watching Elkraz you've got Sheldon in there as well Chorich and Moosetti they can you know they can have good weeks Montfies though he is definitely a danger player after what happened last week did really well in Indian Wells and Sefuelin also shouldn't be overlooked in this section so it is a little bit awkward there for Elkraz okay next section of the draw we've got Grigory Mitrov number 11 seed gets a buy in the first round he'll take on either Tabillo or a qualifier in the second round then you've got Russivori versus Hampton winner of that will take on the number 19 seed Manorino in the second round then you've got the number 28 seed Korda gets a buy in the first round he'll take on a qualifier in the second round because we've got two qualifiers going at it then you've got Galen taken on Shchenko winner that will take on the number eight seed Hercatch in the second round so Hercatch Korda could be a third round you could be getting Demetrov and Hercatch playing in a fourth round winner plays Elkraz so again just awkward mate of matches of course you gotta watch out for Hercatch won this tournament a couple years ago you gotta watch out for Demetrov he's been getting he's been having some really good form the last six months also Korda if he can come good and serve big maybe the conditions might suit his game so definitely want to watch as well and Russivori as an unseeded player definitely an awkward unseeded player there for that section okay next section of the draw we've got Sverev the number four seed gets a buy in the first round he'll take on either Ogelya Seem or a qualifier in the second round then you've got Senego take on Evans winner that will take on the number 31 seed U-Banks in the second round then you've got the 20th seed Sarundalo we did well here a couple years ago gets a buy in the first round he'll take on either Obna or Nishikori who's a wild card at this event coming in for the first time in a long time after injury delays then you've got Jarrah taking on the qualifier winner that would take on the number 15 seed Hashinov in the second round so again awkward kind of as Sverev you know FAA second round U-Banks did well here last year awkward as well Hashinov is always tough Sarundalo has been good here before so yeah Sverev's got a got a bit of an awkward draw as well along with Alkarez I mean the top section of the draw for the big names not straightforward next section of the draw you've got Alex Diminor the number nine seed gets by in the first round he'll take on either Muller or Kwon in the second round then you've got Obna taking on a qualifier winner that will take on the number 24 seed Strouf in the second round then you've got the number 26 seed Lehechka then you're buying the first round who's taking on either Poprin or Diaz Acosta in the second then you've got a qualifier taken on Marijam winner that will take on the number 16 Hogaruna in the second round this section of the draw is the toughest I mean you've got Diminor you've got Runa you've got Lehechka of course who's played well in recent times also Strouf shouldn't be overlooked as the number 24 seed there he has a big game and maybe that will suit in Miami but very very interesting section of course this Sverev section and the Runa section will take on the Alkarez section so we could be getting Alkarez versus Sverev in a semi-final we could be getting Alkarez versus Runa in a semi-final maybe Alkarez versus Diminor if you want to go with something a little different or if you don't think it's going to be Alkarez maybe you get as Sverev versus Hercatch in the semi so maybe as Sverev versus Shelton if you want to go with something even more outside the box or maybe even as Sverev Dmitrov something like that very interesting combinations and they're it's not as easy as it seems on that section okay bottom half of the draw now we've got Rude number 7 seed gets to buy in the first round he'll take on either Kotov or Vanation in the second round then you've got Kechmenovich versus Zong winner that would take on the 27th seed Fakina in the second round then you've got the number 22 seed Jerry he'll take on either Draper or Daniel in the second round then you've got Thompson taking on Borges winner that would take on the number 12 seed Fritz in the second round again pretty stacked I mean these these little sections of the draw where it's just sort of you know there's a lot of interesting names there you know you've got Rude who's been good hit before made a final you've got Fritz who's playing at home you know always dangerous you've got Fakina who could be awkward Jerry can be good and then some of the unseeded players here you've got Draper who is definitely uh can be a threat if his body holds up again just awkward for the uh for the big names next section of the draw you've got the number 14 seed on Bear he gets by in the first round he'll take on either Hitchikata or Van De Zanshel in the second round then you've got Geron versus Kopfer winner that would take on the number 18 seed Baez in the second round then you've got the 30th seed Nori you'll take on either a qualifier or Kabali in the second round then you've got Purcell taken on Fujovic winner of that will take on the number three seed Mevedev in the second round so Mevedev on Bear fourth round that's awkward especially because on Bear's been in good form Mevedev made the final last week that could be a very tough matchup you've got to watch out for Mevedev got to watch out for him Bear uh Nori of course got to watch out for him he can throw up some surprises and Baez has been good on Clay so we'll see whether or not that translates uh so definitely got to watch out for the seeds there in uh in this section all right now we go to the bottom sections of the draw you've got number five seed Rubelev he gets by in the first round he'll take on either Mahatchel Blanche in the second round then you've got Murray Baratini one of the best first rounds if not the best first round of the draw winner that will take on the number 29 seed Etcheverry in the second round then you've got Bublik the number 17 seed he'll take on either Feast or Inaudi in the second round then you've got Tadiri taken on Shapovalov winner that will take on the number 10 seed City Pass in the second round this this section is is rough you've got Rubelev you've got City Pass got Bublik Bublik's been playing well Rubelev City Pass both losing in upsets last week Shapovalov's in this section obviously Andy Murray is awkward always and Baratini also coming back from injury could be an awkward opponent so this section might be the most stacked section of the draw and then the bottom section of the draw we've got numbers 13 seed Paul gets by in the first round he'll take on either Damm or Zong in the second round then you've got O'Connell taken on a qualifier winner that will take on the number 21 seed Tiafo in the second round then you've got the number 25 seed Griggsbaw he'll take on either Mickelson or a qualifier in the second round then you've got Cashin versus a qualifier winner that will take on the number two seed Sinner in the second round and I know I've said it pretty much every time but again awkward for Sinner there are awkward matches you know Paul made the semis last week probably should have made the final Indian Wells he could be a fourth round opponent for Sinner so you've got to watch out for Sinner you've got to watch out for Paul you've got to watch out for Tiafo as well but we know can catch fire in America and of course this half of the draw this quarter of the draw the Sinner quarter will take on the Mevvedev quarter so we could be getting Mevvedev taking on Sinner taking on Mevvedev we could be getting Sinner taking on if we want to go something different maybe rude if Mevvedev doesn't make it that far if you want to go even more outside the box maybe Sinner versus Fritz or Sinner versus Ombar could be a match up or if you don't think Sinner is going to make it you could go with Mevvedev taking on Sinti Pass Mevvedev taking on Rublev I could even go Mevvedev versus Paul which was a rematch of what we saw last week in India was and it was a very close match up as well so very very fun draw for this one and very evenly spread it feels doesn't feel like anyone's got like the worst draw but everyone has their awkward opponents like there's no easy draw really but let me know down the comments below if you're watching this later who do you think is going to win in Miami this is going to be a really fun tournament the last hardcore event until I think after Wimbledon last chance for the hardcore specialists like Mevvedev to win this trophy and here's the defending champion Mevvedev and he did beat Sinner in the finals so we might get that rematch earlier than we think but that is the draw for Miami and we've got some interesting matchups in the first couple rounds