 What's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and we have the Barcelona open an ATP 500 event on the calendar It's a big tournament for the clay court season. We didn't get it last year It got cancelled of course, but we have it this year. It's a big names are playing but some big names have pulled out All right going to the withdrawal list. We have Grigory Dmitrov He's pulled out Harris Nick Kerios is also out Opelka and Struth has also pulled out of this one All right starting at the top of the draw We have 16 seeds and all 16 seeds get a buy in the first round Rafa Nadal He's the number one seed he gets a buy in the first round He'll take on the winner of Manorino or a qualifier in the second round Then we have Nishikori versus Palla in the first round. That's a good first round matchup winner That's gonna take on number 13 seed Garin in the second round Then we have the number 12 seed Hashinov into the second round He'll await the winner of Nori versus Caruso who are playing in the first round Then we have a qualifier versus Herbea winner of that's gonna take on number 8 seed David Goffin So one of those tournaments where everyone gets a buy in the first round So we're not gonna get too many good matchups to watch on day one, but some plays to watch out for obviously We've got to watch out for Rafa Nadal also David Goffin He had a good week in Monte Carlo last week and Nishikori He's done well at this tournament in the past so keep an eye on him as well second quarter of the draw now We've got the number four seed Schwartzman. He gets a buy in the first round He'll take on the winner of Wildcard Alcares or Tiafo in the first round circle That one is a popcorn match huge first-round match and another chance to see baby Nadal in action Then we have Coppa versus Mutay winner of that's gonna take on number 16 seed Dan Evans Who is in Korea best form beat Novak Djokovic last week in Monte Carlo eventually lost to City pass so keep an eye on Evans Of course, then we have the number nine seed Finini He'll play a qualifier in the second round no matter what because we've got two qualies going at it Then we've got Thompson versus Gascade the winner of that's gonna take on number six seed Carino Buster in the second round so some of the players we've got to look out for obviously We've got to look out for Dan Evans. He had a great week last week Can he back it up this week Diego Schwartzman made the semi finals of the French Open last year to see how he can recover some of his form After a pretty poor week last week and I'm very keen to see how baby Nadal aka Alcares does this week in his home country of Spain All right bottom half of the draw the top half of the bottom half We have the number five seed Batista Ragu he gets a buy in the first round He'll take on the winner of Simón and then Dooha who are playing in the first round Then we have Songa versus Jerissimov winner of that's gonna take on number 11 seed Yannick Sinner in the second round then we've got the number 15 seed Rude buying the first round He'll take on the winner of Ramos Vanoles or a qualifier in the second round Then we have Pear versus a qualifier winner That's gonna take on number three seed Rublev who made the final in Monte Carlo last week He is playing Stefano since he passed in that final later today So definitely want to watch out for but also watch out for Rude, Sinner and RBA because they've all proven that they can play On the clay courts and in terms of unseated players I'm very interested to see how Joe Woodford Songa does because we haven't seen him for a long long time All right final quarter of the draw we have number seven seed Dennis Shabavala first time seeing him on clay for the year He gets a buy in the first round He'll take on the winner of Shadi versus Basilash Vili Which is a very tough first-round match and potentially second round match for Shapo as well Then we have Lopez versus Moussedi winner That's gonna take on number 10 seed Ojea Eliassim in the second round Then we got the number 14 seed Diminor buying the first round He'll take on the winner of Fakina or Bublek in that second round Then we have Montiero versus Munea winner of that's gonna take on number two seed and Monte Carlo finalist Stefano Sinti pass So there are some big names here a lot of next-gen names here, but you got to keep an eye on Sinti pass obviously I want to see how Shapovalov does this week as well because we haven't seen him on the clay in 2021 And also keep an eye on Moussedi as well because he has proven that he can play on the clay If you can get through his first round or two could cause him damage But I feel this is the most stacked part of the draw full of dangerous players and a lot of good clay quarters as well So there it is the Barcelona open for 2021. It's got some big names playing. It's a stacked event It's an ATP 500 event. So it's worth a lot of points. So obviously all the big names are playing Let me know down in the comments below Who do you have winning this event because we saw Rafa lost last week didn't look great in his loss as well When he did lose to Rubelev and we obviously have Rubelev and Sinti pass who did well last week playing in this one So let me know down in the comments below. Who do you have winning this one? This is an interesting one for me to pick because there are a lot of players that are informed obviously from Monte Carlo last week I was like Dan Evans, Kasper Rudd, Rubelev, Sinti pass, and then you've got Rafa up the top But I'm gonna have to go with Rafa Nadal. I know it's the easy pick I said that last week when I picked him from Monte Carlo didn't play out that way But I feel like in front of his home crowd in Spain that Rafa's gonna pull through and he's got a really good draw The top half of the draw the only real worries for him are gonna be Schwarzman for Nini and Goffin So I think he has a pretty good road to the final Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you have winning this one? So the Barcelona open didn't have it last year, but it's back for 2021