 What's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and we have the Charleston open or the Volvo car open Happening this year. We didn't have it last year, but it is happening this year a big event on the WTSWT 500 event And it is back for 2021 and there's a lot of plays are pulled out of this event a lot of plays are pulled out of this one Starting with begu she's pulled out burdens has also pulled out blink over colons ferro her cogs pulled out Kineppy, Contavit, Krijakova, Lee, Osta Penko's pulled out Pavlechenkova, Pogula, Peterson Maria Sokari's also pulled out of this event, Sigmund, Sinyakova, Taikman and Heather Watson also pulled out of this event. So a lot of names missing from this one All right starting at the top of the drawer and there are some big names in this event We have 16 seeds for this WT 500 event. The top eight seeds get a buy in the first round in Ash Party She's the number one seed. She is playing straight from Miami having won that a couple of days ago She is getting a buy in the first round. She'll take on the winner of doi or svedlova in the second round Then we got my Jenevich versus Rogers The winner of that match is going to take on either Lynette for the number 13 seed and Nisimova in that second round The member number 10 seed Ryberkina. She's taking on McNally in the first round winner That's going to take either Sevastova or Potapova in the second round Then we have Gracheva versus Bedosa winner of that match is going to take on number five seed Benchich in the second round so straight away you can see we have some big names in this event Ash Party Belinda Benchich and don't forget about on Nisimova Remember she made the French open semi-finals two years ago and actually lost the body in that match So we could be getting a replay of that in the third round here on the clay courts of Charleston All right having a look at the second quarter of the draw now We've got the number nine seed Vondra Sova getting a buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of a qualifier or dealer Renzo in the second round Then we have Zara Zua versus the wildcard Navarro in the first round winner That's going to take on either a qualifier or the 15th seed could have Matova in the second round Then we have the number 17 seed Buzkova taking on Babosh winner of that will take on either Tom Janowich or Mikhail in the second round then we have Sloane Stevens Versing a qualifier in the first round winner of that's going to take on number eight seed Madison Keys in the second round so we could have a blockbuster second round match between Stevens and Keys a replay of the US Open final of a couple of years ago with this part of the draws wide open Vondra Sova made the French open final a couple years ago So watch out for her and don't forget Sloane Stevens was also French open finalist from a few years ago So there's a bunch of names here to watch out for third quarter of the draw here And we've got the number six seed Mugaruta getting a buy in the first round She'll take on a qualifier in the second round no matter what because there's two qualifiers playing each other in the first round Then we got a qualifier versus Diaz the winner of that's going to take on either Petkovic The number 11 seed Puttenseva in the second round Then we got the number 16 seed Zhang taking on Fernandez in the first round winner That's going to take on either a qualifier or Kovnić in the second round Then we have a battle of the qualifiers winner that's going to take on number three seed Petro Kovinova in the second round So we might be seeing a replay of the Doha final of a couple of weeks ago between Mugaruta and Kovinova this time on a clay court But you also got to watch out for Fernandez who won a title a couple of weeks ago So she's in some good form as well, but heavy hitters in this one We've got Mugaruta Kovinova They'll be the big favorites to get out of this part of the draw and now to the bottom section of the draw Probably the most stacked part of the draw with the number seven seed Merton's getting a buy in the first round She'll take on either Perra or Kornay in the second round Then we got Georgie versus the wild card Baptist winner That's going to take on either Treveson or the number 12 seed Jabor in the second round Then we got the number 14 seed Goff versus Perrin Kovar in the first round That's going to be a great blockbuster match make sure you circle that one to watch winner That's going to take on either Habino or Samson over in the second round Then we got a battle of the Americans between Davis and Bregel in the first round winner That gets to take on another American the number two seed Sophia Kennan and Kennan hasn't had the greatest start to the year. She's had a lot of upset results She also had to get her appendix out So I'm keen to see how she does this week Especially being back in her home country America and playing on the clay courts Remember she made the French open final late last year and of course you've always got to look out for Merton's But also Goff keep an eye on her and also Jabor as well See if she can convert her game to the clay courts. So there you have it a WCA 500 event a big event And it's stacked. We've got some big players playing. You got Muga Ruther. You've got Barty You've got Kennan some big big names their Grand Slam champions all round Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this event? It's a stacked event. It's Barty gonna back it up from going from the hardcore to Miami to the clay courts of Charleston This is a tough one for me to pick a lot of good players in this one But I'm gonna go with Muga Ruther to win this tournament Just want a French open in the past and after a disappointing week last week I think she will be ready to go and she's had such a great year So I'm gonna go back Muga Ruther to win this event again Let me know down in the comments below. Who are you picking to win this tournament? So the clay season is underway with the WCA 500 event in Charleston