 So the men's French open draw has just come out and it's looking very interesting for some of the big seeds Let's have a look at the players that are pulled out because we've actually got a lot of players that have withdrawn from this year's event All right, the men's withdrawal lists and of course some massive names as we know during the week started with Brooksby He's pulled out Baratini also pulled out Kwan has also pulled out Murray pulled out first focusing on Wimbledon in the next couple of weeks Instead Kiryos also pulling out Garin has pulled out of course Rafa pulling out first time in forever We're not going to see Rafa in the draw Edmunds also pulled out Karina Buster also gone Shadi and Chillich have also pulled out as well So interesting to see you know some big names obviously Rafa Murray being you know grand slam champions Baratini's played well here before Unfortunately, we don't get to see Kiryos. There are some big names still playing so let's go to the top of the draw Here it is the top section of the draw 32 seeds Nobody gets a buy in the first round Al Kharaz. He takes on a qualifier in the first round We know that would take on either O'Connell or Daniel in the second Then you got Al Naoudi taken on Galen or that would take on either Nakashima or Shapovalov in the second round, then you got Moussedi taken on Ema winner That would take on either Shivchenko or Otta in the second round Then you got a couple of qualifiers going at it winner that will take on either pair or the number 14 seed Nori in The second round look the qualifier the thing is if it's Carrots of who is in the qualies It could be very could be a very tough first round for Al Kharaz, but you know Shapo is dangerous Maybe he lights on fire Al Kharaz's draw doesn't look carable until the fourth round Moussedi could be a nightmare Obviously Nori beat him in Rio. That could be tough There's some definitely some hurdles there for Al Kharaz to jump over. All right next section of the draw You've got Felix O'jaliaseen the number 10 seed taken off Fanini first round That is a nightmare for FAA who's already not in great form coming back from injury And then you got to play Fanini who's never fun Winner of that will take on either Koopla or a qualifier in the second round Then you got another qualifier taken on Cressy winner of that will take on either McDonald or the 24 seed quarter in the second round Then you got Morales taken on Schwartzman winner of that will take on either Isna or Borges in the second round Then it's by Anna taken on a qualifier winner of that will take on either Vesely five seed City pass in the second round So that's a very interesting section. I mean since he passes draw awkward I think Vesely is an awkward first-round opponent FAA's I mean Fanini is very very tough The quarter hasn't been great lately because he has come back trail So maybe he's a little bit too soon to expect much from him And of course this section of the draw will play on the Elkrow section So we could be getting Elkrow's versus Sidney pass if we're going with the big boys Elkrow's takes on FAA that could be a quarter-final Potentially if things go right for FAA and they're probably the most likely situation Okay, let's go the second section of the draw. All right Jokovic number three seed the top of this section He will take on Kovaciewicz the American in the first round winner of that will take on either In the second round then you got Van Age taken on Czechinato winner of that will take on either Feast or Fakina It's a very fun first round Then you got RBA Batista Ragu taken on Wu winner of that will take on either a qualifier or Veralis in the second round Then you got a qualifier taken on Gricksport winner of that will take on either Goffan or the 13th seed Herkac in the second round. Look Jokovic's draw looks nice I mean her catch doesn't mean great. Kina could be awkward But I don't know if Fakina beats Noley because they both play so similar You'd think Jokovic beats a guy that plays like him and RBA is not really a clay court guy I mean Van Age did take a set of Jokovic But will he get that far Feast could be fun to play Noley especially with the crowd French crowd next section of the draw You got Hashinob number 11 seed taken on Lesteon winner of that will take on either Kips and American wildcard or a qualifier then you've got Vavrenka taken on Browns Vanola's winner That will take on either Coconarkas or Evan in the second round then you got Shelton taken on Senegal winner of that will take on either Manorino or Umbair in the second round and you've got Kazao taken on Mute winner of that will take on either Jera well the number 7 seed Rubelev in the second round It's a tough match for Rubelev. Jera has been good on clay. He actually won Rio back in 2019 So Jera can play on clay not easy for Rubelev Umbair's in that section very tough a Vrenka of course is always tough But Hashinob being there as well Hashinob can play on clay very awkward section of the draw Of course this section of the draw will take on the Jokovic section So it could be intentionally getting Rubelev taken on Jokovic if we're going by the seeds It could be getting Hashinob Jokov if we want to go something a little different But most likely Jokovic will make it through this section of the draw with some tricky opponents But I don't think they're unbeatable next section of the draw you got Runa taken on you banks number six seed Runa Good start for him I mean you banks will be awkward but you'd be happy with that But the winner of that will take on either Monfies or Baez in the second round very tough second round opponent on the cards For Runa no matter who that is then you got Perikad Taking on a qualifier winner that will take on either another qualifier Menevich second round Then you got Serendolo taken on Muna winner that will take on either Montero or Bonzi in the second round Then you've got Gascay taken on Rindanish winner that will take on either Moe or the number seed Fritz in the second round I mean look Runa's I mean second round Monfies will be tough in France and also Baez It's just tough in general catch Manavich will be tough maybe third round, but I think Runa's probably got a nice draw I mean maybe Serendolo or Fritz you want to go with the seed Gascay could have a run I mean being in France Frenchmen are never fun in France next section of the draw You got Paul 16 seed taken on a qualifier winner that would take on either Jerry or Dillion in the second round Then you got another qualifier taken on Giron winner that would take on either Lehechka or Strouff in the second round That's a very fun first round Then you got Vanizantrup taken on a qualifier winner that would take on either Song or Lyovic second round Then you got Bublick taken on a qualifier winner that would take on either another qualifier Fort seed Kasper Rude Rude's got a nice draw Lyovic is tough Strouff has been tough Strouff actually beat Rude back at the Monte Carlo But I think Rude if he doesn't play a tough colleague that he should like his section of the draw I think of course this section of the draw will take on the Runa section of the draw So we could be getting Rude Runa like we did last year in the quarter-final stage We did see it last week and it was a very fun match in Rome that could be happening Or you could be getting Rude versus Fritz if you want to mix it up a little bit with those top seeds But I mean this section feels like maybe the more predictable of the bun bottom section of the draw You've got Sinner number eight seed taken on Muller in the first round winner of that Would take on either Obmeyer or Hoosler in the second round and you got Roussevore taken on Borre Winner of that would take on either a qualifier or the number 28 seed Dmitrov second round Then you've got Zverev the number 22 seed taken on Harris Winner of that would take on either Gaston or Mulchance second And you've got Popper taken on a qualifier winner of that would take on either Krayenovic 12 seed Tiarfo, Sinner's draw looks nice Roussevore is tough, Zverev is obviously tough Dmitrov can be tough but I think Sinner's draw looks pretty nice I think he will raise his chances of making it at least to the fourth round Tiarfo hasn't been the greatest on the clay lately so it's got a decent draw Alright then the bottom section of the draw you've got Church Number 15 seed taken on Korya winner of that would take on either Team or Cassians Draper taken on Etcheverry winner of that would take on either Avashka or the number 18 seed Diminor Second round then you got Nishiyoka taken on Wolf Winner of that would take on either Purcell or Thompson Two Aussies going at it, suck, it's one of them's got to lose Then you've got Hellers taken on Pella Winner of that would take on either a qualifier or two seed Meverdev in the second round And like I said, Carrotiv makes it through Meti vs Carrotiv could be a first round which would be fire But we don't know if that's going to happen yet Meverdev, Chorich, you know, Chorich has been decent on clay I beat Meverdev, I don't know Team's there but team hasn't been great I don't know how much we can expect from him So Meti's draw looks pretty decent I don't think he should be too worried except for who that qualifier And of course this section of the draw will take on Sinner's section So we could be getting Sinner taken on Meverdev In the quarter finals of going by the big names We could be getting Meverdev taking on Zverev again For the fourth time this year, this time in five sets If we're going to go with maybe a little bit different But again, it just feels like these top seeds in this section should get through But who's going to win? The French Open on the men's side for 2023 Like Alcarez has got a trickier draw than Djokovic But even if they played, I feel like Djokovic's five setter But let me know in the chat or in the comments below Who do you think is going to win? Runa? I mean Runa's been pretty good Could Meverdev win the French? That would be wild That would be wild I mean Alcarez is still going to be the favourite But I do think Djokovic just draws a little bit easier So I don't know if Alcarez, Djokovic will even meet Might avoid him if he does have the upset But man, what an interesting French Open draw Coming up in the next couple of weeks