 What's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and we have a big tournament on this week the WTA 1000 event in Madrid the Madrid open which has a lot of big players playing but a lot of players are pulled out as well So let's go look at the withdrawal list. So here are the players that have withdrawn from the Madrid open We have Bianca on rescue. She's not playing Collins, Ferro, Sophia Kennan, the world number four She's out, Strikkova, Vekic who's still recovering from surgery Serena Williams is not playing and Jastremska is also not playing starting at the top of the draw now We have 16 seeds in this one and nobody gets a buy in the first round so Ash party She's playing first round and she is a tough first round against Shelby Rogers They played a couple of weeks ago on the clay and it was a very tight match So tough first round there for the world number one winner of that's gonna play a qualifier in the next round because we've got two Qualities going at it again We've got two more qualifiers in this part of the draw going at it in the first round winner of that battle will take on the winner of risk versus the number 14 seed and French open champs Fiontech, then we got the number nine seed Kavitava versus Buzkova winner That's gonna take on either Kerber or Vondra Sova, which is a tough first round match that we have Kutumatova versus Vesnina Winner of that match is gonna take on either wild card Kazin Seva or the defending champion number seven seed Bertens there's some big names in here including obviously the world number one former French open champion And also we could have a clash in the third round of the last two-year champions of roll on Garros with Barty versus Fiontech, which would be a great third round match But also watch out for Kutumatova who is at a career high ranking at the moment and doing really well on the clay second quarter of the draw Now we have the number four seed Spitalina She takes on Taikman in the first round winner of that plays the winner of Bidosa and Krajikova in the second round then again We have two qualifiers playing in the first round winner of that battle will take on the winner of puttenseva And the number 15 seed Conta in the second round Then we have a clash of the Grand Slam champions in the first round between the number 10 seed Mugarutha and Sloane Stevens winner of that match will take on the winner of Svadova and Jabor in the second round then we have Martich taking on a qualifier winner That's going to play either another qualifier or the number eight seed Belinda Benchich in the second round So not as stacked as the top quarter of the draw this part, but it still has some good names Obviously got to watch out for Spitalina and also Benchich who at this tournament in 2019 beat Neymar Saka It was the world number one at the time and also Mugarutha We know that she's had a great year so far She has won a French Open before so keep an eye on Mugarutha as well All right bottom half of the draw now the third quarter of the draw we got the number five seed Sabalenka she takes on a qualifier in the first round winner That's going to play either a qualifier or Kazakina in the second round Then we have Pagola versus Kastea winner That's going to take on either Alexandrova or the number 12 seed Azarenka in the second round Then we got number 13 seed Mertens taking on Zhang in the first round winner That's going to take on the winner of qualifier or Rybakina in the second round Then we've got Lynette versus Zheng winner That's going to take on one of the toughest first-round matches for a seed Tormo the wild card taking on number three seed Hallop not an easy first round there for the third seed Hallop But some names to watch out for obviously Sabalenka who got to the final of Stuttgart last week and Simone Hallop Of course watch out for her but also keep an eye on Kastea because she actually won a tournament last week Beating Elise Mertens in the final in Istanbul. So she's in a little bit of form bottom quarter of the draw now the fourth quarter We have a great first-round matchup the number six seed Pleshkova She takes on Coco Goff in the first round circle that is one to watch the winner of that match is going to take on the winner of Pavlochenkova and Keys in the second round that may have Kuznetsova versus Osta Penko battle of the Grand Slam champions winner That's going to take on an American in the second round because we have the wild card Venus Williams taking on the Australian Open finalist number 11 seed Jennifer Brady's then we got the number 16 seed Sakari She takes on a Nissan over in the first round circle that is one to watch winner That's going to take on either a qualifier or Contivate in the second round then we have Wong versus Mikova winner That's going to take on a qualifier or the number two seed Naomi Osaka who we haven't seen Since the Miami open where she lost to Sakari and as you can see there She might have to play Sakari in the third round if they meet So it's going to be a huge matchup. This is got some big names in this one Obviously got a look out for Osaka and Sakari as well But keep an eye on Brady because if she can get through Venus Williams and Pleskova doesn't get through Goff in the first round The draw might open up for her a little bit and she could make it to the quarterfinals. There you have it It's the Madrid open. It's a big clay court event Not only for the men who have an ATP 1000 next week, but the women it's a wta 1000 event huge names playing Obviously, we have some big names that are not playing, but it's still a stacked event. You've got Halep. You've got Osaka You've got Barty huge huge names. Let me know down in the comments below Who do you think's winning this one because it's very wide open It's still kind of early for the clay court season But we're starting to get to the business end as well because the French open is only a couple of weeks away So having a look at the draws here and seeing who has the better draw because you know Barty's got a very tough draw Halep has a few tough matches as well and Osaka's gonna have to fight So I'm gonna go with Svetolina the fourth seed to get through I feel like she's just been making semi-finals this year and she's really knocking on the door of getting a big final and a big Title so I'm gonna go with Svetolina to get through her part of the draw Which is pretty good and to take home the title again Let me know down the comments below who do you think's gonna win this one to the Madrid open We've got the big names playing and some of the big names who haven't seen on clay in 2021