 Welcome back to Tennis Talk, my name's Cam Williams and we have an ATP 500 event this week in Washington It's one of the US Open series events that is a big event and we've got some big names playing But we do have some names that are pulled out. So let's go to the withdrawal list So we've got along with the drawer list here. Who be her cash the miami open champion He's pulled out John Isner is also out Carrots of Hashinov, Coppa, Kwan, Munair, Pella, Remus Finoles, Raunich and Shapovalov have all pulled out of this one starting at the top of the draw And we have 16 seeds in this event and all the 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 awaits the winner of jack sock the wild card versus Nishioka So a very interesting matchup if we can get sock versus Nadal You guys know that we love jack sock on this channel very interested to see if he can get the win play against Rafa Then we've got Sangren versus Duckworth winner of that match plays the number 14 seed Harris in the second round Then we've got the number nine seed Bublick getting a buy in the first round He awaits the winner of Nishi Kori versus Query, which is the great first round matchup Circle that one is one to watch in the first round. Then we have Giron versus a qualifier winner of that match takes on the Number seven seed Kam Nori who's been in good form of late. It's the players I'm watching out for here Obviously we're watching out for Rafa Nadal. He hasn't played since the French open where he lost to Novak Djokovic So want to see how he does on the hard course this week Also interested to see how Nishi Kori does this week after a pretty good run at the Olympics Getting to the quarterfinals eventually losing to Novak Djokovic And of course jack sock. I want to see what he can do this week Still on the comeback trail in the singles jack sock So I want to see how he can do and see if he can actually play Rafa in that second round We were very fun matchup to see second quarter of the draw now We've got the number four seed Dmitrov. He gets a buy in the first round He plays the winner of Drisimov or Vashka who were going at it in the first round Then we've got McDonald versus Kirios the defending champion winner of that match takes on the number 13 seed Benoit pair in the second round Then we've got the number 10 seed Fritz getting a buy in the first round He awaits the winner of Kudla versus the wild card Lopez Feli Lopez in the second round Then we've got another wild card Nakashima who's been in great form over the last couple of weeks He takes on Alexi Poprin winner of that match takes on the number six seed Dan Evans So players I'm watching out for in this part of the draw Dan Evans We haven't seen much of him lately. He hasn't been playing that well of late But remember he did beat Novak Djokovic only a couple of months ago So I want to see how he can do back on the hard courts Nick Kirios the defending champion got to see how he does in this event Even though he is unseeded. He has got a pretty good draw And also Nakashima who's made back-to-back finals on hardcourts over the last couple of weeks So very interested to see how he does in an event with a stacked lineup of players Going to the third quarter of the draw now. We've got the number five seed Sinner getting a buy in the first round He'll take on the winner of a qualifier or Russavari in the second round Then we've got another qualifier taking on Pospasul winner of that match takes on the number 12 seed Sebastian Korda Then we've got the number 15 seed Ketchmenovic. He awaits the winner of another qualifier who takes on Berenkus in the first round Then we've got Johnson versus another qualifier stacked with qualifiers in this part of the draw Winner of that match takes on the number three seed Alex Diminore So players I'm watching out for definitely watching out for Diminore and Sinner the two big seeds in this one But also interested to see how Korda does as well because he's had some of his best results on the hard courts this year And all of those players are young players so the next generation players This part of the draw is full of qualifiers, but also full of next-gen players So I want to see how those next-gen players can do in a tournament where they're actually the favorites to get through this part of the draw And the final quarter of the draw we have the number eight seed Opelka gets a buy in the first round He awaits the winner of Paul versus Gallon who are going at it in the first round Then we've got a qualifier versus Thompson winner of that match takes on the number 11 seed Milman in the second round Then we've got the number 16 seed Tiofo again buying the first round He awaits the winner of Anderson versus the wildcard Brooksby who are going at it in the first round Then we've got Uchiyama versus Seppi winner of that match takes on the number two seed Felix Ozealia seam. So players I'm looking out for got to look out for FAA has had mixed results this season Some really really good results, but then also some poor results and being the number two seed A lot of expectation on him this week also seeing how Opelka does this week because back in America on the hard courts See how Riley Opelka can actually dominate using that big serve and he's got a pretty good draw So I expect that he should make it to the next part of the rounds and also Kevin Anderson a very dangerous unseated player Of course former us open finalist from a few years ago So really want to see how Anderson does in this tournament. So there it is the Washington open the city open an ATP 500 event And we've got some big names playing. We've got Kirios. We've got Rafa We've got Felix Ozealia seam some big names are playing in the continuation of the us open series Of course, these are all warm-up tournaments going into the us open at the end of the month Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's going to win this one? Because Rafa is really the standout in the top 10, of course He's the only top 10 player playing this event and then it kind of drops off But do you think someone else can maybe sneak through the draw? Maybe a Kirios or maybe another unseated player. Maybe Kevin Anderson can do something Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's going to win? So having a look at the draw and it's very hard not to pick Rafa But I'm going to have to go with alex diminault to win this one I think he's played well this tournament before actually made the final back in 2018 losing to alexander's varev So I'm going to go with alex diminault to win this tournament I think that it's set up for him He's got a good draw as well and the key is that he won't have to play rafa Nadal until the finals So he avoids playing rafa until the very last stage And who knows how rafa is going to go because we haven't seen him for a long long time Especially on the hardcords So I'm going to go with diminault to win this one the number three seed Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's going to win this one? So rafa's back this week in washington on the hardcords. How's he going to do at the us open though?