 All right, it's time to go through the draw. The third Masters 1000 Series event of the year for the men. Monte Carlo, the first big clay court tournament of the season. And some big names are playing, but also some big names have pulled out of this event, especially over the last couple of days. Let's go have a look at the withdrawal list. So here are the big names that are not playing in Monte Carlo this year. We've obviously got Federer. He's not gonna be playing for a while. Baratini's pulled out with a hand injury. Coppa, he's also out. Team pulled out because he got COVID only a week ago. Mevedev's pulled out and also Nadal. So some big names there and grand-same champions not playing in this one. But let's go to the top half of the draw because of the top section because we've got some big names in it. All right, we've got 16 seeds in this event and the top eight seeds get a buy in the first round. Novak Djokovic, the number one seed gets a buy in the first round. He'll take on either Fakina or Giron in the second round. Then we've got Gophane taking on a qualifier. Winner of that match takes on either Dan Evans or the number 14 seed, Roberto Batista-Ragu. And remember, Dan Evans beat Djokovic here last year. So that is not gonna be a fun match if he has to replay Djokovic or if Djokovic has to replay Evans in that third round. Next section of the draw, we've got Taylor Fritz, the Indian Wells champion, number 10 seed. He takes on the wild card, Katerina, in the first round. Winner of that match will take on either Songar or Chillich in the second round. So a bit of a throwback match. In that one, fun to watch that one. Quarter versus Van Dizantio, winner of that play is number eight seed, Elcarez. And yes, Djokovic, Elcarez, quarter final, that is a possibility. They have to win two matches each. And I mean, I don't see how they don't get to the quarters. Maybe Fritz does something, but man, I mean, that matches only a couple of wins each and they're gonna get there. So, and that's the match we all want. And we might get it two, three days into the tournament, well, four days into the tournament. Next section of the draw, we're still at the top half of the draw though. We've got Roode, the number four seed. It's a buy in the first round. He'll take on either a qualifier or a carative in the second round. Then we've got two Serbians going at it, Lyovic versus Kranovich. Winner of that match will take on either Dmitrov, the number 15 seed, Basilash Vili, in the second round. Then we've got Hercatch, the number 11 seed, taking on Monfice in the first round. That's a very fun match to watch. Winner of that match will take on either Martínez or Umbair in the second round. Then we've got Ramos-Vinoles taking on Gríxpor. Winner of that match will take on the number seven seed, Nori in the second round. So, look, there's some fun first round matches there. Nori versus Roode could be a quarter-final. Of course, this section of the draw also has Djokovic to contend with as well. So, you know, you could see semi-finals between Roode and Djokovic. If we go by the names in the big seeds, you could get Nori versus Djokovic or Elkres versus Nori. I mean, any of those things can happen, but that's, you know, top half of the draw is the scary half of the draw. Let's go to the bottom half of the draw now. We've got FAA, number six seed. He gets a buy in the first round. He'll take on either Moussedi or Pair in the second round. Then we've got Fuchovic versus Harris. Winner of that match will take on either Hashinov or the number 12 seed, Schwartzman in the second round. Then we've got the number 16 seed, Senego. He takes on Avashka in the first round. Winner of that match takes on either Qualifier or Jera in the second round. Then we've got Fanini versus Rindanik. Winner of that match takes on the defending champion and number three seed, Stefano Citi Pass. And I think out of the top guys, Citi Pass is probably liking his draw the most. There's gonna be some dangerous players, obviously Fanini is not a great player. You don't wanna play him in the second round, especially at this tournament, the one that he's won before. Senego could be a nightmare with this crowd being, you know, probably more suited to the Italians. And you've also got FAA at the top here, so FAA versus Citi Pass, that could be a quarter-final, but FAA is not in great form. So I think Stef would like his draw and he'd probably be pretty happy with how it's all panned out. All right, last quarter of the draw here, we've got Rublep, the number five seed, by in the first round. He'll take on either Diminor or a Qualifier in the second round. Then we've got another Qualifier, taking on Garen. Winner of that match will take on either Chorich or the number nine seed, Sinner in the second round. Then we've got the number 13 seed, Trinio Buster taking on a Qualifier. Winner of that match takes on either the wild card, Stan the man, Vrinka. He's back. He takes on Bublik in the first round. That's a tough first round matchup for Stan. Then you've got another Qualifier, taking on Dolbonus. Winner of that match takes on the number two seed, Sasha Zverev. In the second round, so I mean Zverev versus Vrinka, that could be a third round. Rublep's Verev, that could be a fourth round, sorry, a quarter-final. And then Sinner versus Rublep could also be a third round. And of course, this part of the draw takes on Siddi-Pas's section. So Siddi-Pas Verev, that played some epics before, and they could be playing another one at this tournament. But I mean, it's, who is gonna win this event? I don't think Djokovic has the best draw, and I don't know if I'm confident in picking him. I think Siddi-Pas has the best draw, and he played well last year. Maybe he can go back to back. Maybe Zverev can come good. He hasn't been great this year, Zverev. You know, he's done some crazy things on court, and we've also, he hasn't won any matches. So maybe Zverev comes good. But I think Siddi-Pas is probably the one to pick. Elkarez, Djokovic, they might just beat the hell out of each other and be too tired when they get to the final. So I don't know. Let me know in the chat. Let me know in the description, in the comments. What do you think? Who's gonna win? I'm gonna go with Siddi-Pas. I think he's got the easiest draw, and he's also the defending champ he won here last year. So I reckon he goes back to back. But you know, I doubt Djokovic at my own peril, and he's probably gonna make me look like a fool as he has done many, many times.