 Alright, so the men's draw for the Canadian Open has just come out and we've just gone through the women's draw So we'll go through the men's as well And it's a really interesting draw, but we do have a lot of big names not playing on the men's side of things Let's go through the withdrawal. So the men's side of this event. I'm missing some big names some big big names Starting at the top. We've got Roberto Patista. He's not playing Karina Buster the defending champion He is not playing Maren Chilich. He's not playing Djokovic also not playing this event Hashinov pulling out as well Curios having to pull out as well with Shapovalov also not playing and Strouf has also entered the list as well Of not playing this event because he must still be injured. I mean Strouf has had a lot of injuries since the french open Here is the top of the draw. You can see there. We've got 16 seeds the top eight seeds get a buy in the first round Elkaraaz he gets a buy in the first round He would take on the winner of Shelton versus Morales Shelton versus Elkaraaz second round. That is so much fun That is so much fun Then we've got a qualifier taken on Ketch Medivich winner of that would take on either Bublik Or the number 15 seed her catch her catch versus Elkaraaz third round That's insane. That could be really really fun. Then you've got the number 12 seed Paul taking on a qualifier winner That will take on either Galanu or Cerundelo in the second round Then we've got Russavari taking on a qualifier winner That will take on the number five seed Holger Runa in the second round Elkaraaz Runa quarter final potentially But there are some tough matches. Paul was the guy who beat Elkaraaz last year here So that could be interesting if we get a rematch there. Cerundelo has been informed this year Not just on clay. He could be dangerous for Runa for example And then Russavari has been good as well. So there's a lot of interesting matchups potentially in this section All right, next section of the draw we've got number four seed Sidzey Pass getting a buy in the first round He'll take on the winner of Montfiece taking on U-Banks and U-Banks was the guy who beat Sidzey Pass at Wimbledon Of course, so that's going to be really interesting if we get a rematch there And we all know what Montfiece can do when the crowd get up and about so that's going to be a very tough start for Steph Then you've got Etcheverry taken on quarter winner of that will take on either Demetrov or the number 14 seed Chorich in the second round. Then you've got the number 10 seed Felix Ozealia Seem taking on a qualifier winner That would take on either Senago or Murray in the second round Then we've got Barre taking on Baratini winner of that would take on the number seven seed Sinner in the second round again, just like the top half or the top section This is a very interesting part of the draw. We've got potentially like I said Montfiece or U-Banks taken on Steph That's going to be interesting But Baratini Sinner could be a second round Murray Ozealia Seem could be a second round quarter versus Chorich Very crazy second rounds even Demetrov quarter would be interesting And of course this section of the draw will take on the Alcares section So we could be getting Alcares taken on Sidney Pass, which we've seen a lot and it doesn't end well for Steph Or we could be getting Sinner versus Alcares, which we would probably rather see because it's much more competitive Or if Runa does the impossible he might play Sidney Pass or Sinner in the semis and again We've seen those guys play a few times Sinner and Runa have seen this year and that was really interesting too So again, this this top half of the draw is really really fun And we have a lot of potential matchups starting on day one now Let's go to the next half of the draw next quarter of the draw We've got Rublev the number six seed he gets to buy in the first round He'll take on either McDonald or Carrotsev in the second round Then you've got Manorino taking on a qualifier winner of that will take on either Rionic or the number nine seed Tiafo I mean big foe gets the worst start the big favorite from Canada Who's finally coming back from tennis after years of not playing that's a really tough start for Tiafo Then you've got Zverev the number 13 seed taken on Grigsball winner Of that will take on either Vakina or Wolf in the second round Then you've got a qualifier taken on Lehechka winner of that will take on the number three seed Kasper Rude in the second round So again, Zverev versus Rude third round That's a rematch of the French open semis Tiafo versus Rublev Could be a rematch of what we saw last year and I think the quarters of the US open If Tiafo can get out of that nightmare part of the draw and the bottom half of the draw The bottom section of the draw we've got Fritz the number eight seed he gets to buy in the first round He'll take on either Umber or Jerry in the second round Then you've got Diallo taking on Evans winner of that will take on either Diminor on the number 11 seed Norrie in the second round Then you've got the number 16 seed Moissetti taken on Nishioca winner of that will take on either Song Or a qualifier in the second round Then you've got Pospissel taking on a qualifier winner of that will take on the number two seed Danil Medvedev In the second round Medi Pospissel that's a tough match for Medi But out of all the players I think Medi would probably like his draw the most And of course this section of the draw will take on the Rublev section So we could be getting Rude versus Medvedev or Rublev versus Medvedev Either of those could happen really in the semi-finals So I don't like Medi's draw I think Medi probably has the best draw out of the big four seeds But who's going to win who's going to win in Canada? I mean Elcrest is the obvious answer because he can't lose Can't lose who's going to lose to I mean he hasn't lost for a long time And the one time he did lose at the French Open in recent memory He cramped so who can beat Elcrest? That's the question at this event I think Medvedev might be able to sneak through and win as he long as he doesn't play Elcrest And he's the furthest person away from Elcrest in the draw So that helps but it's Elcrests to lose right? I mean maybe Sinner beats Elcrest and Medvedev beats Sinner like we saw in Miami That could happen if you want to pick Medvedev or his Runa Or City Pass or someone else going to win this event I mean this event is random As I said last year we had Karina Buster beating her catch in the final Which is a little bit different to what we're used to seeing in these big finals But very interesting draw again Man I mean this is a 1000 event even though it's not a two-weeker It still has so much going for it in the first couple of days It's a crazy event and it's going to be very cramped Especially with the women's draw as well and the women's tournament going on at the same time But man what an event Canada is going to be really fun