 So with the final WTA 1000 event of the year in Beijing, first time in four years that we're coming back to this tournament, we've got some massive names playing because a lot of players are still trying to get qualified for the WTA finals in a couple weeks time, but let's go see who's not playing in this event. So some big names not playing, Begu, she's not playing, Benchich also not playing, Collins, Keyes, Mukova's not playing, and she's currently in the top eight for the race of the finals. So that's really tough to see that she's not there because her spot is up for grabs now. Plischkova, Stevens, and Svetlana all not playing in Beijing this week. Let's go to the top of the draw with the number one seed, Sabalenka, for the first time in a tournament as the world number one, but she doesn't get a buy in the first round because of course performance buys are included in this Beijing tournament. So she has to play Kennan in the first round. That is an absolute nightmare. She lost to Kennan earlier in the season, so that's going to be really tough. Winner of that match will take a qualifier on in the second round. Then you've got Yuan taking on Mertens. Winner of that will take on either Paulini or the number 15 seed to Dagdmire in the second round. Then you've got Krajikova, number 10 seed taken on a qualifier. Winner of that will take on Pavlia Tchenkova, who gets a performance buy after making the semifinals in Tokyo. So she won't have to play that first round. Then you've got Trevisen taking on Maria. Winner of that will take on either Zheng or the number five seed, Rabakina. In the second round, that is a blockbuster first round match. But what a start to this section of the draw. Rabakina, Sabalenka, Krajikova all in the same section, not to mention both Sabalenka, Rabakina playing against Zheng and Kennan. Nightmare first round and then the performance buy comes back and Pavlia Tchenkova gets the benefit. So it's a really weird section of the draw and a really tough section. Going to the next section of the draw, you've got Pagula. The number four seed gets a buy in the first round after making the semifinals last week in Tokyo. She'll take on the winner of Vecic or Blinkova, who are going at it in the first round. Then you've got Tien taking on Nuskova. Winner of that will take on either a qualifier or the 13 seed, OstaPenko. Then you've got the 12 seed, Kavitiva taking on Wong. Winner of that will take on either parks or Samson over in the second round. Then you've got Kostruc versus Chucky Areto. Winner of that will take on either a qualifier or the number seven seed, Jabur in the second round. Of course, OstaPenko trying to qualify for the WTA Finals. But an interesting section here. Pagula's been playing really well. She's been playing really well this week in Tokyo, especially making the semifinals. Possibly could make the final even win the title by the time this comes out. Jabur looking for a spot there, but that top half of the draw is really tough. Of course, this section of the draw will take on the Sabalenka. Rabakina section in the semifinals. So we could be getting Sabalenka, Pagula in the semis. We could be getting Sabalenka, Jabur in the semifinals. We could be getting Rabakina, Pagula, Rabakina, Jabur in that semifinal lineup. If you want to go a little bit different, you could get Krajikova taking on Kavitiva, for example, if you want to go really wild. But that top section of the draw, that top half is really stacked. Bottom half of the draw now, we've got the number six seed, Sakari. She gets a buy in the first round after having a good week in Tokyo. She always the winner of Fruvatova and Roo. So we're going out in the first round. Then you've got Wong versus Vonorava. Winner of that will take on either Sharif or the number 11 seed, Kazakina in the second round. Then you've got the number 16 seed, Kudamatova getting a buy in the first round, a performance buy after making it to the semifinals of Tokyo like the other three ladies already. She always the winner of Sharenko or Zhu who were playing in the first round. Then you've got Kosteja taking on Mardic. Winner of that will take on either Alexendrova or the number three seed, Goff. Very tough round for Goff in that first round. The first match since winning the US Open as well. So really tough start for Goff. But interesting section, you know, Sakri Kudamatova playing well this week. Kudamatova just beat Shviantec and Sakri is on such a great run. Kazakina also isn't someone to overlook either. And playing Alexendrova, Goff in the first round, very tough, but man, it's going to be interesting section. Sakri's the player in form. It'd be great to see Sakri, Goff, potentially in a quarter-final. Then the bottom section of the draw, you've got the number eight seed, Vonorava taking on Kalanina. Winner of that will take on either Saval or Sinyakova in the second round. Then you've got Buskova taking on a qualifier. Winner of that will take on either another qualifier or the number nine seed Garcia in the second round. Then you've got the 14th seed Azarenka taking on Lynette. Winner of that will take on either Brady or a qualifier in the second round. Then you've got Potapova taking on Gracheva. Winner of that will take on either Tormo or the number two seed Shviantec who by losing to Kudamatova in the quarter-finals of Tokyo gave away her buy in the first round. So now she's got to play first round in a 1000 event for the first time for the entire season. So it's going to be really tough for Shviantec after some really weird performances lately. But again, interesting section, you know, Azarenka, obviously Shviantec, Garcia, Vondrusova. Some really tricky names there. Of course, this section of the draw will take on the Sakari golf section. So we could be getting a rematch of Shviantec versus golf in the semis. That'd be great. Or maybe if we want to go with some more Asian swing form you could be going Shviantec taken on Sakari. Which would be really interesting to see that one as well. Seeing Sakari's in such good form. Or we could get a rematch between Shviantec and Kudamatova potentially in the semifinals. Or if we don't trust that Shviantec's going to win maybe Garcia Sakari for the third week in a row. We could be getting that. Or maybe even Garcia versus golf if you want to go with something a little different. But man, really interesting section, especially now that Shviantec is not playing as well as she did. It's going to be really interesting to see how she can recover after a couple of weird weeks and a couple of strange matches in Tokyo. So there it is. That is the China Open. The first time in four years we're going back to Beijing. It's a stacked event as it should be. It's a final 1,000 event of the year. We've got a couple of spots left up for grabs for the WTA finals as well. And there's a lot of players there that are trying to get those final four spots. Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this event? I mean, Pagula's look great. Sakari's unstoppable. Shviantec's looking a little shaky. Sabalenka though is really good in Asia. Or at least she was four years ago. So she might be the favorite to win this whole event. But man, what a crazy tournament Beijing. It's going to throw up a lot of upsets, I reckon.