 Alright, so the draw for Rome has come out and a lot of names returning on the ATP side of things. Well, let's talk about the players that are not playing in Rome for this year. Okay, so here is a withdrawal list from Rome. You can see there, Baratini, he's not going to play, Bonsi, Brooksby, Carina Buster, also not going to play. You've got Chilich, he's also out, Correa, Draper, Isna, Kirios, and Nadal of course pulls out again from another clay court event, Shapovalov and Ima have all pulled out of this one. But let's go have a look at the top of the draw and see who is playing in this event. So here's the draw, you can see there, we've got 32 seeds in this one. All seeds get a buy in the first round. Simon Djokovic, up at the top of the draw, gets a buy in the first round. He'll take on either Van Aesch or Etver in the second round. Now, Van Aesch is a guy actually played a couple weeks ago and had a tough three setter against. So that could be an interesting rematch. Then you've got Vashko taking on Vavrenko, winner plays against the 26th seed Dmitrov in the second round. Then you've got Diminor at the 17th seed. He'll take on either Kranovic, Fuchovic in the second round. Then you've got Edmund taking on a qualifier. Winner of that will take on Kam Nori the 13th seed. So interesting section of the draw. You know a couple of veterans in there, obviously Djokovic, Vavrenko, Dmitrov, all in that section too. Nori will be an interesting matchup I guess against possibly against Djokovic. Of course Nori won Rio in February beating Elkres, so he can play on clay but I feel like Djokovic will be a couple of tough matchups but I think he'll be pretty happy with that. Next section of the draw you've got Felix Ojaliaseen the number 10 seed. He'll take on either a qualifier or O'Connell in the second round. Then you've got a qualifier taken on Giron. Winner of that will take on the number 22 seed quarter in the second round. Then you've got Ketchumenovic the 30th seed getting a buy in the first round. He'll take on either Fanini or Murray, one of the best first round matches of the event. That's a very interesting part of the draw. Then you've got two qualifiers going at it. Winner of that will take on number seven seed Runa in the second round. So that's an interesting section. That's kind of stacked. You know you've got Felix Ojaliaseen. You've got Korda who you know maybe is a little bit too close to or too new in his comeback but he can cause damage. We know that. So Runa's got an interesting section of course. This section takes on the Djokovic section in the quarter finals. So I feel like this section is a lot harder than the Nole section. All right let's go down a little bit now to the Rude section. Kasperu number four in the world. Sorry number four seed. He gets a buy in the first round. He'll take on either a Rindenish or a qualifier in the second round. Then you've got a qualifier taken on public. Winner of that will take on the number 28 seed Shelton in the second round. So then you've got Van Zanschup the 23rd seed. He'll take on either Lesteen or Jera in the second round. Then you've got Cashin taken on Garin. Winner of that will take on the number 16 seed Paul in the second round. So pretty open draw. I mean you know Paul made it to a challenger final last week on clay. Van Zanschup made it to a final on clay a couple weeks ago. Rude of course we know is a French open finalist from last year. So we know he can play. I think if you cast Rude you're probably liking this draw. All right the bottom section of this draw you can see we've got Hashtarov the number 11 seed. He'll take on either Nakashima or Beret in the second round. Then you've got Gaskay taken on Wu. Winner will take on Serendola the 24th seed in the second round. Then you've got the 29th seed Grigsport. He'll take on either Baez or Veralis in the second round. Then you've got Munar taken on a qualifier. Winner of that will take on the number eight seed Sinner who is back after taking off Madrid. So this is an interesting section. There are some tough unseeded players who can play on clay. You know players like Munar who's played well lately on the clay. Baez can play on clay. You know got a set of Sinti past last week in Madrid. We know Gaskay is a veteran. He can do things. And then of course Hashtarov is having a really good season. Serendola can play on clay. And of course this Sinner section will take on the Rude section in the quarter finals. There's a lot of some tricky opponents in this section. Okay let's go to the third quarter now. We've got Rubelev the number six seed. He'll take on either a qualifier or mulch hand in the second round. Then you've got Pella taken on Cressy. Winner of that will take on the number 27 seed Fakina in the second round. Fakina Rubelev third round. That is a tough tough match for Rubelev. And then you've got RBA Batistragu the 21 seed taking on either Czechinado or McDonald in the second round. And you've got Jari taking on a qualifier. Winner of that will take on the number nine seed Fritz in the second round. So this section of the draw is pretty tricky. I mean Fakina, Rubelev, Fritz RBA all very capable of playing on clay. Jari's been good on clay this year. Czechinado has been to the French Open semis before. This section is really interesting to see who actually gets out of this section. All right next section of the draw we've got the number 14 seed Hercatch who will take on either Hellas or Wolf in the second round. Then we've got Nardi taking on Goffin. Winner of that will take on the 19 seeds Varev in the second round. So it's Varev Hercatch potentially third round. That is a massive third round matchup. Then you've got Morales number 31 seed. He'll take on either Hoosla or Kubla in the second round. Then you've got Umbair taking on Roussevore. Winner of that will take on the number three seed Mevvedev in the second round. Mevvedev's got a tough draw. You know both Umbair and Roussevore are capable on clay. Obviously Morales has been good on clay as well and then Hercatch or Varev down the track. So very tough for Mevvedev of course. This section will take on the Rubelev section. So maybe Rubelev versus Mevvedev but I'd be very shocked if that happened because of the amount of names. It's probably the most stacked section of the draw. And the bottom section of the draw we've got Sidney Pass number five seed. He'll take on either Lyovic or Borgus in the second round. Then you've got Senego taking on Shadi. Winner of that will take on the 25th seed Nishioca. Then you've got the 18th seed Mousedi. He'll take on either Alnoudi or Schwartzman in the second round. Then you've got Zepiri taking on a qualifier. Winner of that will take on the number 12 seed Tiarfo in the second round. So this section's interesting. You know Mousedi up until last week was playing really well on clay. Sidney Pass we know what he's capable of and he made the final here last year. But there's Lyovic, you know Senego in front of the home crowd. A lot of Italians in this section. You know and the Italians do get an extra bit of drive from their crowd because we are in Rome. So that could be interesting. Schwartzman another one he can play on clay. So this section is going to be a little tricky I reckon for Stepp. And the bottom section of the draw we've got the number 15 seed Chorich. He'll take on either Manorino or Montero in the second round. Then you've got Dillion taking on Bayana. We know that match will take on the number 20 seed Evans in the second round. Then you've got the 30 second seed Lehechka. He'll take on either Mouté or a qualifier in the second round. Then you've got Ramos-Vinola taking on Passaro. We know that will take on the number two seed Elkres who's playing Rome for the very first time in his career. And look Lehechka versus Elkres great third round. Interesting third round. We did see Chorich and Evans take on Elkres the last couple of tournaments with no success. So I think Elkres is going to like his draw. And of course this section takes on the Sidney Pass section. So Sidney Pass taking on Elkres could be a quarter-final potentially or maybe even Musetti if he gets out of that draw and takes on Elkres. But I think Elkres is a pretty clear road unless he has a stumble along the way. But there it is the men's draw. There's the men's draw for Rome. Very different to what it looked like in Madrid. A lot more names playing a lot of returning players obviously Djokovic. Sinner coming back to two big ones there. And I don't know. I mean who did he still win? We don't know how healthy Djokovic is. We don't know if Elkres can play on the slower courts yet. He's never played it before or is Sidney Pass going to do something in Rome? He has won a couple of Monte Carlo's before and he was in the final last year. But let me know in the comments below if you're watching this later. Or let me know in the chat who is winning in Rome on the ATP.