 What's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and the grass court season continues on the WTA with the WTA 500 event this week in Berlin And it's a new event it hasn't been around for the last ten years and there's a big names playing for this one But also some big names are pulled out so let's go to the withdrawal list the players that are pulled out of this one world number one Ash Barty, she's out Jennifer Brady, Kennan, Kovitava, Osaka, Sakari and Sfionsek is also out of this one starting at the top of the draw We have eight seeds in this one and the top four seeds get a buy in the first round Sabalenka she's the number one seed gets a buy in the first round She'll play the winner of the qualifier French and Madison Keys who are going at it in the first round Then we've got Vondra Soba versus the qualifier Samson over winner of that match takes on either Kudamatova Or the number eight seed Mukava, which is the very interesting first round match circle That one is one to watch then we have the number four seed Carolina Plischkova She gets a buy in the first round she'll play the winner of Pagola versus the qualifier Baptist We're going at it in the first round then we have Kerber versus the qualifier doi winner of that match takes on The winner of that match takes on either the wild card Peckovich or the number seven seed as a ranker The players I'm watching out for in this one obviously we're watching out for Sabalenka She had a great clay court season and her game should be suited to the grass with the big hitting So interested to see how she can transition onto the grass also Plischkova Watch out for her because she is a good grass court player and has won titles on this surface before and also Anjali Kerber playing in front of her crowd in Germany and of course she won the 2018 Wimbledon title so she can play on the grass as well So very interested to see how she does this week bottom half of the draw now We've got the number six seed Mugarrutha She plays Kastea in the first round the winner of that takes on the winner of right back in our versus Rogers Who are going at it in the first round then we have Anissa Mover versus Kornay winner of that match takes on the number three seed Bianca Andrescu who we're seeing on the grass courts for the first time in about three years So interested to see how she goes then we got the number five seed Benchich She takes on a qualifier name you in the first round winner of that match takes on either martich or another qualifier Muhammad in the second round then we have Alexandrova versus the wild card Kalinskaya winner of that match takes on the second seed Alina Svetalina the player that I'm most excited to watch out for this week is Bianca Andrescu She doesn't play on the grass courts for about three years and fun fact She's actually only played one round at Wimbledon in her career So she hasn't played much on the grass, but I expect that her game is a hundred percent suited to the grass courts heavy-hitting big returns I'm excited to watch Bianca this week also interested to see Svetalina as well She has made a semi-final of Wimbledon that was two years ago She definitely can play on the grass as well and also Rabakina She had a great French open making the quarterfinals beating Serena Williams along the way and with her big serve and hard forehand I expect that she's gonna be really good on the grass as well So interested to see how Rabakina does as well this week So there it is the German open in Berlin and like I said big names are playing. It's very stacked event But some big names are not playing. It's interesting that Barty's not playing probably still injured I wish you put out the French open Osaka still not playing I don't know if she's gonna be playing Wimbledon, but don't worry There's still some big names playing Andrescu very interested to see how she does this week Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's gonna win this tournament? It's a stacked event still early on in the grass court season Let me know down below. So the prediction for this one I'm looking at the draw and I'm looking at Carolina Plischkeva. I know that she hasn't had a great 2021 slipped down in the rankings But I think the grass court season is where she changes around as long as she doesn't play Pagula in the second round I think she can make a run maybe to the semi-finals and she has a pretty good draw If she can avoid the likes of Azarenka and Sabalenka and because it's so early on the grass court season It's still anyone's tournament. So I'm gonna go with Plischkeva to win this one Let me know down in the comments below who you think's gonna win So the German open one of the biggest tournaments on the grass court calendar for the WTA