 Big event coming up this week at the Qatar Open which is a 1,000 event every second year and this year it's a 500 event. Defending champion, Igor Shviantek should be back in action and we've got a lot of players that we haven't seen since the Australian Open playing in this one but we do have some withdrawals so let's go have a look at who's not going to be playing. The three names that are pulled out of this event, Onstrabur, she's had surgery so she's out for a few more weeks. Contovate also pulled out with injury, Sabalenka still celebrating that Australian Open win. She is also not going to be playing this event. So starting at the top of the draw, top four seeds get a buy in the first round. Igor Shviantek, the defending champion, buy in the first round. She awaits the winner of a qualifier versus Daniel Collins. Now Collins and Shviantek of course played this round open last year but Collins got a win so that's a very interesting matchup in the second round. Then we've got Azarenka, the wild card, very strange to see that taking on Ois who's the Turkish wild card. Winner of that match will take on either a qualifier or the seven seed Bencic in the second round. Bencic having a great season so far then we've got Goff, the number four seed getting a buy in the first round. She awaits the winner of Kuvitova versus Song who are going out in the first round. Then we've got Kenan, the wild card taking on Sampsonova who's in very good form, Sampsonova. Winner of that match will take on either Krajikova or the number eight seed Kudamatova in the second round. Very fun, top half of the draw, stacked event and a lot of unseeded players that are sort of in the top 20. So it's a very, very interesting event and a lot of really good matchups in the first two rounds. Going to the bottom half of the draw now and one of the best matches of the first round. Number five seed Zachary takes on Zheng who just made the semifinals last week. In fact, both ladies made semifinals last week in their respective events. So huge first round matchup. Winner of that match will take on either Alex Androva or a qualifier in the second round. Then we've got Mukova versus Treveson. Winner of that match will take on the number three seed Garcia who gets a buy in the first round. Then we've got Kazakina, the six seed taking on a qualifier. Winner of that match takes on either Bedosa or Hadad Maya, another blockbuster first round matchup. They'll play in the second round. But man, that is a crazy match again. Then we've got Keys versus OstaPenko. Again, another insane matchup. Winner of that will take on the number two seed Pagula in the second round. That part of the draw, that's bottom section. So, so stacked. Kazakina, Pagula. Bedosa Hadad Maya, Keys, OstaPenko. And we don't even know who the qualifier is because that could be Pliskova or Fernandez who are in the qualies at the moment. So huge draw, massive section to draw that bottom part. But man, it's going to be a hell of a tournament. So there it is. That is the draw for the Doha Open, the Qatar Open. And it's so stacked. Even though it's only a 500 event, it is stacked. Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this one? Of course, Fjontek, the defending champion. She played very well in this part of the season. This is where the streak started at this event last year. The Fjontek streak, of course. But let me know down in the comments below. Who's going to win? Maybe Bencic, maybe Fjontek, maybe somebody else.