 Alright, so the men's draw has just come out for the Australian Open and there is some very interesting first-round, second-round matches Of course some very fun potential quarter-final clashes and semi-final clashes too Let's go through the players that are pulled out because we do have a couple of big names that are not going to be playing Alright, so jumping over and seeing, you can see we've got Strikker, he's pulled out, not going to be playing this Australian Open Unfortunately, a good young player that we're not going to be able to see Nadal, biggest name out of the tournament so far, pulled out because of the hip injury Then we've also got Opelka, he's pulled out as well with injury And Kyrieus still just can't get that wrist right out with injury as well But let's go have a look at the top of the draw and see who plays who So starting with the top seed, but we've got 32 seeds in this one No one gets to buy in the first round, everyone's going to play every match Novak Djokovic plays a qualifier How good is that if you're a Djokovic fan, you'd love to see it Winner of that's going to play in Aussie in the second round because there's two Aussies going at it Popper and Pullman, so it could be an awkward second-round for Djokovic But you know, either way, he knows how to beat Aussies in Australia For the most part Then you've got Hampton taken on Monfice, winner of that will take on either Etcheverry The 30th seed or Murray, who's unseeded Could be Murray versus Monfice's second-round winner plays Djokovic So that's a bit of a veteran section Then you've got number 20th seed Manorino taken on Vavrenko Speaking of veterans, both those guys, I think 35 plus Very, very interesting section Winner of that will take on either Shepchenko or Munah in the second round Then you've got O'Connell taken on Garin Winner of that will take on either Batista or Gu On the number 16th seed, Shelton That match is interesting Because Shelton's got the firepower, Batista or Gu's got the grind Like he's a brick wall Very fun matchup in the first round Of course, if you've projected out, it could possibly be Djokovic taken on Shelton In a fourth round, which we want that rematch We want to see who hangs up the phone this time Then the next section of the draw you've got Number 12th seed Fritz taken on Acosta Winner of that will take on either Bayana or Goyo Second round Then you've got Marijan taken on Chillich That's a fun one Winner of that will take on either a Qualifier Or the 22nd seed Serundelo in the second round Then you've got the 25th seed Muceti taken on Bonsi Winner of that will take on either Duckworth Or Van Esch in the second round Then you've got Vukic taken on Thompson Winner of that will take on possibly the best match of the first round Baratini, former semi-finalist Takes on Sinti Pass the 7th seed, former finalist That is insane Baratini a year ago was top 10 Or maybe 18 months ago was top 10 Now he's unseeded, plays Sinti Pass first round Insane first round And of course you can see there are a couple of tough unseeded players too Thompson who beat Rafa last week, of course Very tricky Chillich on the comeback, we'd love to see it Made a final here back in the day Of course the other seeds are pretty dangerous too But this section will take on the Djokovic section In a quarter-final So we might get Djokovic taking on Sinti Pass Rematch of last year's final We could be getting Djokovic taking on Fritz If you want to go with something a little bit different Or maybe even if Muceti can get his stuff together Djokovic Muceti in a quarter-final And having a good run into Slam for the first time Really in his career But really interesting section I don't think it's tough But there are some tricky match-ups there Alright, let's go to the next section The draw we've got Number four seed, Sina He takes on Van Der Zandrup in the first round That's a little awkward for Sina Winner of that will take on either a qualifier Or a cash-in in the second round Then you've got Gallon taking on Kubla Winner of that will take on either Wolf Or the number 26 seed Baez in the second round Then you've got the number 17 seed Tiyafo Taking on Charit in the first round That's five sets for me That smells like five sets Winner of that will take on either Mahatch Or the qualifier in the second round Then you've got Tabilo taking on another qualifier Winner of that will take on either Altmayer Or the number 15 seed Hashinov in the second round Of course Hashinov made the semi-finals last year Tiyafo made the semi-finals at US Open a couple years ago Very fun section Sina's got to like that though I mean, Tiyafo, Hashinov, Baez are not unbeatable There are a couple of tricky matches there for Sina But Sina would like his chances getting through He did lose to Altmayer at the French Open though So he probably doesn't want to play him anytime soon I think Sina's got a nice draw Next section of the draw, you've got Diminoy The number 10 seed Taken on Rionic Damn, okay Winner of that will take on either Naughty Or Walton The wild card in the second round Then you've got Kotov taking on Rindinish Winner of that will take on either a qualifier Or the number 18 seed Jarry Then you've got Kota, the number 29 seed Taken on Equality Winner of that will take on either Hellas Or another qualifier in this section of the draw Then you've got U-Banks taking on Daniel Winner of that will take on either Vilj Or the number 5 seed Rublev In the second round This section seems a little trickier Because you've got Kota who did well here last year Rublev, who also met the Kota finals last year Diminoy has been on fire And of course that section takes on the Sina section So it could be Sina, Rublev Could be Sina versus Diminoy If we want to go jump on the hype train And of course this section will take on the Jokovic section in a semi-final So Jokovic, Sina That's the one that I think we're all Maybe hoping for Or at least the true fans are hoping for Could be Jokovic taking on Rublev though We did see that last year in the Kota finals I mean if you want to go again Jump on that hype train It could be Jokovic versus Diminoy In a semi And you know Australia is going to go mad for that one That's going to be really interesting I feel to see who actually gets through Bottom half of the draw We've got the number 8 seed Runa He takes on Nishioca in the first round Winner of that will take on either Jera Or Kazoo in the second round Then he got Feast taken on Vessely Winner of that will take on either Sefulan Or the number 28 Grigsbor That section stacked with some really dangerous players Especially for Runa 21 seed Umbair he'll take on a Qualifier Winner of that will take on either Zong Or Korya in the second round Then he got Shapovalov taken on the Qualifier Winner of that will take on another Qualifier Or the 9 seed Hercatch Hercatch Shapo second round I mean again that kind of feels like 5 sets If Shapo's back But this section is interesting I mean Runa Nishioca can be awkward You know Sefulan We know what he can do Even though they did play last week And it was Runa's win But that could be awkward Of course Hercatch Runa fourth round I mean I'd love to see that That would be really really fun If we could get that fourth round Next section we've got The number 13 seed Dimitrov Taking on Fuchovic Winner of that will take on either Ivna or Kokonakis in the second round Then we've got Matira taken on Borgus Winner of that will take on either Lesdian or the number 23 seed Davidovic for Kina in the second round Then we've got FAA I wish you had only seen the 27 seed Taking on Domi team If you're a team fan That is the perfect first round Because FAA hasn't been good For a while now In almost 12 months Also been injured And Domi team He needs someone to Gain some confidence off And that might be the one Especially at a slam Beating FAA would be a big deal Winner of that match Takes on either Muller Or a qualifier in the second round Then we've got Kipson The wild card taken on Rusevore Winner of that will take on Either a qualifier The number three seed Mevadev in the second round Metisection is interesting Because you do have Dimitrov Who's been in great form And beaten guys like Runa and Mevadev Rusevore is in form Could be a dangerous second round For Mevadev This section will take on The Runa section in a quarter final So we could get Runa taken on Mevadev We could be getting Runa taking on Dimitrov Like we did in Brisbane Or if you want to go with Mevadev getting through Could be Mevadev her catch In that quarter final If you want to go with the Big Seeds Of course they could be Unseeded players coming through As well Bottom section in the draw now Bottom quarter we've got Svera the number six seed Taken on Coppa Winner of that will take on Either Kwon or a qualifier In the second round Then we've got McCabe Versus Mickelson Winner of that will take On either Morayas Or Lehechka The thirty second seed In the second round Then you've got the Nineteenth seed Noray Taken on Morayas Winner of that will take on Either Lyovic In the second round Then you've got Purcell Taken on a qualifier Winner of that will take on Either Ramos Van Olares Or Rude The eleventh seed In the second round I've got to be honest Rude's draw looks kind of Good until the Sverav match I mean Lehechka's Sverav third round Sucks for Sverav So that could be an Interesting section Sverav should get through But Casparude I don't know Next section in the draw The bottom section The last section You've got Tommy Paul the 14th seed He takes on Barre Winner of that will take On either Giron Or Draper in the second round Then you've got Tuky Winner of that will take on Either Hitchockata Or Struff the 24th seed In the second round Then you've got The 31st seed Brubley Taken on a qualifier Winner of that will take On either McDonald Or Jerry Song Who we all love to We have to watch him Hopefully at this round Open to the wild card From China In the second round Then you've got Evan Taken on Senego Winner of that will take On either Gaskay Or the number two seed Elkras In the second round Look Gaskay's a tough name But also Gaskay's Like 38 years old And Elkras should In this section Fourth round potentially Has beaten Elkras a few times I did beat him last year as well Of course this section Will take on The Zverev section in the quarter So we could be getting Elkras taken on Zverev In the quarter finals We could be getting Rude in the quarter finals Or if you want to Get away from Elkras And say someone else It could be Zverev Taking on Paul And of course this section Will take on the Mevvedev section So if you want to go With the big names Elkras Mevvedev Rematch of both The Wimbledon Semi And the US Open Semi Or you could be Going with Elkras Versus Runa The future of tennis Or if you want to go again A little bit random You could go Elkras Versus Hercatch Or if you want to jump On the Mediband Wagon Maybe you get Mevvedev vs Zverev The current generation If you want to call them that Maybe Mevvedev vs Paul Or Mevvedev vs Rude Man, it's going to be An interesting draw I don't think it's simple For anyone But I think it's also manageable Who's going to win chat Who do you pick For this one Because Jokovic Is the obvious favourite I think with the draw As well now It's like well There's only a couple of players If he plays bad As it looked Maybe there is a dangerous First round or second round But I think Jokovic is still The clear favourite I think Medi's section Is real awkward I don't know I just feel like That's where the awkward matches are I mean obviously Elkras hasn't got An easy first round But let me know Who do you think is Going to win the Australian Open for the men's side Of things And also Who do you think is Got the worst draw In this tournament There it is Australian Open draw Done and dusted Now let's get it On Sunday The first round