 draw preview for Indian Wells 2021 the men's tournament let's start with the players that are not playing in this event okay so the players that are not playing in this event and there's a few names that have been added to this list as well so we've got Betonay, Bublick, Shadi, Shilich, Shorich, Kvavos, Djokovic, Federer, Gophane, Umbair, Nadal, Raunich, team and Stan the man Vavrinka so the defending finalists the defending champion not playing in this one with team and Federer not being involved and also the semi-finalist from two years ago in Nadal and Raunich both not playing in this one as well also add to the list we've got Ema he's not playing and Avashka is also not playing in this event top of the draw let's go to it so Mehvedev number one seed gets a buy in the first round he'll take on the winner of McDonald versus Duckworth and Duckworth's in some good form so it's going to be an interesting second round matchup no matter what happens for Mehdi and then you've got Giron versus Qualifier winner of that plays Krianovic the 27th seed in the second round then you've got Demetrov the 23rd seed buy in the first round he awaits a winner of Altmaier and Query who are going out in the first round then you've got Koltraiber versus Daniel winner of that plays the number 16 seed Opelka now Krianovic we've talked about him a little bit on the show already he is a tough opponent for Mehvedev in the third round not to mention Demetrov also might be a tough customer for Mehdi Mehvedev tough little part of the draw here second part of the draw we've got Shapo then number nine seed buy in the first round he awaits the winner of Pospisul and the wildcard Wolf who are going at it in the first round then you've got a Qualifier versus the wildcard Svidar winner of that plays Karatsev the 19th seed in the second round then you've got the 32nd seed quarter he takes on either Pear or Tiafo who are going at it in the first round then you've got Poprin versus Ketchmenovich the winner the winner of that plays against the number eight seed and Miami open champion Hoopy Hercatch so this is a very tough draw this part of the draw we've got Shapo Karatsev quarter and Hercatch any of those guys could get through this part of the draw and remember this part of the draw takes on the top section of the draw so the winner of this part of the draw will take on in the quarter finals potentially Mehvedev so we could be getting Shapo versus Mehvedev or Hercatch Mehvedev or one of the other players versus Mehvedev or maybe not even Mehvedev in the quarter finals next section of the draw we've got Rublev he awaits the winner of this banner at the battle of the Spaniards with Taberno versus Munez so a good start for Rublev you'd expect then we've got Paul versus Lopez winner plays Lyovic the 28th seed in the second round then you've got the 21st seed Nori he awaits the winner of Montero or Sandgren we're going at it in the first round Kwon versus Pella Kwon's in some good form as well so keep keep an eye on him winner of that match takes on either takes on RBA the 15th seed so this is probably the easiest section of the draw in terms of big names I think Rublev should get out of this part of the draw Nori's been in good form Kwon won a title a couple of weeks ago also RBA we know he's very good he's got experience but I would say that Rublev has the best draw like this is the best section of the draw for any of the big top 10 guys all right bottom part of the top half of the draw so section four we've got Schwarzman the number 11 seed he gets a buy in the first round he'll take on either a qualifier or Jera who were going at it in the first round then he got Nishikori versus another qualifier winner that plays Dan Evans the 18th seed in the second round then you got Lloyd Harris number 26 seed he's into the second round thanks to a buy it'll either be Fakina or Johnson who he takes on in the second round because they're going at it in the first round then you've got another qualifier in this section of the draw versus Bayanna winner of that plays against number six seed Kasper Ruud he's in great form one more titles in 2021 than anybody including Djokovic so he's in great form also won a tournament last week but I don't think it's that easy this part of the draw I feel like Harris in great form he could beat Ruud Schwarzman Nishikori they've been in great form on hard courts in the past they could beat Ruud as well so this is not an easy section for Kasper Ruud and anyone could get out of this part of the draw by the way this part of the draw takes on Rublev section of the draw so we could be getting Ruud versus Rublev we could be getting Schwarzman versus Rublev we could be getting Harris versus Rublev so a lot of possibilities there but Rublev like I said probably has the easiest quarter of the draw the bottom half of the draw things start to get really interesting we've got Berettini the fifth seed he gets a buy in the first round he takes on either Kudla or a qualifier in the second round then we've got Korya versus Nakashima winner of that takes on the number 31 seed Taylor Fritz in the second round then we've got Isna the 20th seed he awaits the winner of Dolbonis and Nishioca who are going at it in the first round then you've got our boy the wild card Jack Sock he takes on Johnny Milman one of my countrymen in the first round winner of that plays Yannick Sinner the 10th seed in the second round very interesting matchup if it's Sock versus Sinner in that second round so look this is Berettini should get through this part of the draw but it's going to be tough you know playing Americans in America is always tough and then Sinner is in great form now Isna also in pretty good form so I don't think Berettini's got got it got it easy he should get through but I don't know if he will all right next section of the draw and I'm probably I'm thinking this is probably the section of death this is probably the uh the worst part of the draw in terms of like if you're if you're a fan of any of these players this part of the draw sucks because there's no guarantees Monfice the 14th seed buying the first round he'll take on either Fuchovitch or Maga who are going up who are going at it in the first round then he got Kevin Anderson taking on Thompson winner of that takes on the number 17 seed Senego in the second round Elcarez baby raffa the 30th seed he gets a buy in the first round he awaits the winner of the wild card Andy Murray versus Manorino so Murray versus Elcarez second round match up potentially potentially then you got the qualifier versus Brooksby winner of that takes on Sasha Zverev the number three seed like I said this is a tough section of the draw this is probably the section of death if you have to go with one of the worst sections of the draw if you're a fan of these players it's tough Murray again he gets screwed over with the draw has to play a very tough draw um Zverev he doesn't want to play Elcarez in the set in the third round that's a very tough draw uh Monfice is in good form so he's not he's not a push over Senego watch out for him Anderson great experience loves playing on hard courts Fuchovitch very underrated player Brooksby was in good form against Djokovic to the US Open so this is not an easy draw by any standard I don't know who's getting out of this part of the draw it could be Zverev it could be somebody else like this this could really just this part of the draw could produce a random quarter finalist and by the way the the winner of this part of the draw will take on Baratini's section of the draw so on the you know we could be getting Zverev versus Baratini if we're going by the seeds but it could be Monfice versus Seno which is what we got last week in Bulgaria so I mean Isner you know Isner versus Elcarez that could happen you know so it's very a very wide open part of the draw um especially this part of the draw with a lot of killers all right almost there almost down the bottom of the draw now we've got the number seven seed FAA by in the first round it'll take on the winner of Ramos Vanolis and Mussetti we're going at it in the first round then we've got Jarrissomov versus a qualifier winner that takes on the number 29 seed Bacillus Vili in the second round then we've got Hashinov the silver medalist at the Olympics the 24th seed in this one he awaits the winner of the of Coppa versus Roussevore in the first round there then you've got Bagmas versus a qualifier winner that takes on the bronze medalist at the Olympics the number 12 seed Carino Buster so this is another wide open part of the draw I wouldn't say it's the draw you know the toughest section of the draw because I feel like you know the section above this was a lot tougher and a lot crazier but this also could produce a random quarter finalist look like I said at the start of the show Hashinov played well here before he could get through Carino Buster could get through FAA we know he's in great form in America at the moment a couple of you know US Open was a great breakout for him he could get through they're the three guys I'd be watching out for but yeah it's a little bit it's a little bit tricky to try and predict this one but it's not it's not like the group of death that we just saw before all right final part of the draw we've got the 13 seed Garen he awaits the winner of the wild card Rune who's taking on a qualifier uh then we've got another qualifier on this part of the draw taking on and Duhar winner that takes on the number 22 seed demon or in the second round then we've got Fabio Finini the 25th seed uh he waits the winner of struff and gallon who are going out in the first round then we've got martinez versus a qualifier and the winner of that pays number two seed stefano sidze pass in the second round uh look sidze pass if you're looking at who has the easiest draw out of the top guys it's the final city pass finini is probably his worst opponent but he has a 2-0 record over finini hasn't lost a set to fabio finini in the two meetings either so i would say that sidze pass should be able to get to the quarter finals um without like look technically he shouldn't drop a set the only thing is the only question is the qualifier if he plays a guy like kokinakis or carlovich then things might get a little dicey but if he has to play if he doesn't have to play either of those guys from the qualifiers he should get to the quarter finals and by the way this part of the draw takes on the f a a section of the draw so not to mention if sidze pass does win his section of the draw easily he'll go to the quarter finals fresh and potentially you know he should make the semis um in in this whole thing so sidze pass has got the best draw out of the big guys for my uh for me okay there it is the indian world's draw in complete detail let me know down the comments and also in the chat who's going to win this tournament based on the draw i said sidze pass i'm going to stick with sidze pass but again it's one of those tournaments where we could get a player outside the top 10 or outside the top 10 seeds they could win this event passion of dark horse for me watch out for him you know played well here a couple years ago lost a raffer and a couple of close tie breaks i would be watching out for him especially um but you know again let me know down the comments and in the chat who's going to win this one