 The Australian Open Women's Draw, it's the first slam of the year, it's happening, it's happening in a couple of days time and we've got a lot of big names playing obviously, a lot of big names playing but some big names are also pulled out, so let's go through the withdrawal list to start. So, withdrawers from the tournament, Bianca Andrescu, she's pulled out, Jen Brady, the finalist from last year, she's also pulled out, Mukova has pulled out, also Carolina Pushkova, the biggest name on the women's side in terms of ranking, the number four in the world, she pulled out, Potoroska also pulled out and Serena Williams has also pulled out, but you can also add Venus to that list as well. Top of the draw here, we've got Bardi, she takes on a qualifier in the first round, winner of that match takes on either Gracheva or then qualifier in the second round. Then we've got Martin Kovac vs. Davis, winner of that match takes on either Potopova or the number 30 seed Georgie in the second round. Then we've got the 22nd seed Benchich vs. Mila Genović, that's a tough match, winner of that match takes either a qualifier or Nisimova in the second round, who's in really good form right now in Nisimova. So, got to watch out for her, then you've got Jastremskir vs. Bregel, winner of that match takes on either Osario or the number 13 seed Osaka. So, you can see straight away, we've got some massive, massive matchups in this section of the draw. You've got Benchich vs. Osaka, they've had some good rivalries in the past and some really good results with Benchich fans because Benchich seems to know how to beat Osaka, very tough for the defending champ. And of course Ash Bardi at the top of the draw there, could be Bardi vs. Benchich, could be Bardi vs. Osaka, two favourites. I mean that's going to change now, the favouritism will change because the draw is brutal. Second quarter of the draw, a second section of the draw, we've got Djabor, the number 9 seed taking on Diaz, winner of that match takes on either Zanevska or Djuvan in the second round. Then we've got Pera vs. Aleksandroba, winner of that match takes on either Kalinini or the 21 seed Pagula in the second round, who was a quarter finalist of last year. Then we've got Kudamatova, the 28 seed taking on Lu, winner of that match takes on either Rusei or Paulini in the second round. Sastavich vs. a qualifier, winner of that match takes on either Maria or the number 8 seed, Sarkari in the first round. So this is interesting because based on form, Kudamatova is in the best form out of all of these plays, maybe Sastavich as well being unseeded. Sarkari is in a little bit of weird form, Djabor is a little bit injured as well, so we don't know what to expect from the big names in this one. So maybe someone sneaky could get out of this. Third section of the draw now, this is the second quarter of the draw, we've got Krejkova, number 4 seed taking on Pekavich. Winner of that match takes on either a qualifier or Wong in the second round. Then we've got Vekage vs. Risk, interesting first round there. Winner of that match takes on either Schmidlova or the 26 seed Osterpenko. Then we've got the number 24 seed Azarenka taking on Udvadi. Winner of that match takes on either Marchich or Taikmin in the second round. Then we've got Puttenseva vs. Tan, winner of that match takes on either Ferro or the number 15 seed Svedolina, down the bottom there, number 15 seed. So in this part of the draw we have potentially Azarenka vs. Fedelina, that could be happening in the third round. Also Krejkova, people are sleeping on Krejkova. People are sleeping on Krejkova, I would be watching out for her, she could be a very dangerous player. So we've got the last part of the draw here, we've got Kennen taking on Madison Keys. Woo, that's a big first round. Keys vs. Kennen first round, winner of that match takes on either Minnan or Christian in the second round. Then we've got Van Udvank vs. a qualifier, winner of that match takes on either Wong or Goff in the second round. Then we've got Tormoi vs. Flipkins, winner of that match takes on either Parry or Kostruk in the second round. Then we've got Zeng vs. a qualifier, winner of that match takes on one of the toughest first round matches between two players, Tomjanovic, taking on Bodosa, the number 8 seed. So that's a very tough first round for Bodosa. Keys has been in good form, she might actually upset Kennen in that first round. Of course, Goff's in good form, Bodosa is someone to watch out for. So this is an interesting part of the draw. I think the bottom half of the draw, because of course this section of the draw take on the Kredgekova section of the draw. Again, it kind of really opens the door for Kredgekova. I think Kredgekova has, out of the top four seeds, at this stage has the best draw. The bottom half of the draw now, let's go through it. We've got Consomate, number six seed taking on Sinirkova, winner of that match takes on either Talzin or Sharma in the second round. We've got Konju versus Rogers, dangerous unseeded player that I mentioned at the start of the show. Winner of that match takes on either Qualifier or the number 27 seed, Collins, in the second round. Then we've got the number 19 seed, Merton, taking on Zvona Rava, who used to be, well, 10 years ago, she was one of the best players in the world. So, interesting first round there. Winner of that match takes on either Dodden or Bogu in the second round. Then we've got Golovic versus Zhang, winner of that match takes on either Diaz or the number 12 seed, Rabakana in the second round. Now, Rabakana is the informed player in this part of the draw. Maybe Consomate as well, they're probably the two big names to watch out for in this section. But obviously you can't count out players like Rogers, Collins we haven't seen, but who knows what she can do? Mertens as well, but I would say that Rabakana and Consomate are the two big ones, and not just because they're the seeds, the high seeds, but also because they're in good form. Rabakana had a great week last week, Consomate had a great week this week. Alright, so this part of the draw is probably one of the most exciting parts of the draw, except for the top half, or the top section, right? This section of the draw, we've got the number 14 seed, Halep. She takes on Fretch in the first round, winner of that match takes on either Hadid Mayer or Qualifier in the second round. Then we've got a Qualifier versus Covnich, winner of that match takes on either Sloan Stevens or Emma Raducanu. I do not know Stevens was playing, otherwise I would have said that she was a dangerous unceded player from the get. Two U.S. Open Champions are playing each other, that is a nightmare for Raducanu in the first round. Sloan Stevens is dangerous, especially because she just got married, she's probably loving life right now. She'll just come out here carefree and that's dangerous. Then you've got Zedinsek, the number 29 seed taking on Ruz, winner of that match takes on either Watson or Sharif in the second round. Then we've got a Qualifier versus Cornei, winner of that match takes on either Boral or the number 3 seed Mugaruta in the second round. WTA Finals winner last year, Halep won a tournament last week, of course Raducanu, everyone's going to keep an eye on her. Especially if she plays Halep, that would be a blockbuster, but I don't know if we're going to get it because Sloan Stevens is in the way. Maybe Stevens causes some upset there, but Halep versus Mugaruta could be very interesting as well. Of course that was a semi-final from a couple of years ago. Let's go down to the bottom section, the bottom corner of the draw. We've got Shrionsek taking on a Qualifier, number 7 seed, winner of that match takes on either Saval or Pedestan in the second round. Then we've got Lynette versus Sevastova, winner of that match takes on either a Qualifier or the number 25 seed Kazakina in the second round. Then we've got the number 20 seed Kovitiva taking on Kosteja, winner of that match takes on either Doi or Kachova in the second round. Then we've got Anderson versus Stoza, the last Australian Open Singles matches for Stoza. Winner of that match takes on either Bondair or the number 10 seed Pavlia Cenkova, who we haven't seen for a while Pavlia Cenkova. She got Kovit, pulled out of a bunch of events this week, so we'll see her for the first time this week, coming up this week. Players to watch out for, I think Shrionsek's got this very good draw. Kazakina's dangerous and maybe the Qualifiers that come through will find out if they're dangerous, but I like Shrionsek's draw. I think she's got a great draw, Shrionsek. Alright, and then the last part of the draw, we've got Kerber, the number 16 seed taking on Kinepi. Winner of that match takes on either Buzkova or a Qualifier in the second round. Then we've got another Qualifier taking on Garcia. Winner of that match takes on the Wildcard Inglis, well the number 23 seed Fernandez in the second round. Then we've got the number 31 seed Vondrusova taking on Han. Winner of that match takes on either a Qualifier or Sansa Nova in the second round. Then we've got Lee versus Wong. Winner of that match takes on either a Wildcard in Saunders or the number two seed Sabalenka in the second round. So straight away Fernandez versus Kerber. Third round matchup, great, great matchup there. Very interested to see how that plays out. Sabalenka versus Fernandez could be a fourth round as well. So again, it's not easy, but it's like this is two, it's top heavy and bottom heavy. These two, like the two, the first section and the eighth section are very, very stacked in terms of who could get through and who could win. And of course this section of the draw as well will take on the Shriontech section. So we could be getting Shriontech versus Sabalenka. We could be getting Shriontech versus Fernandez in the quarterfinals there, which is something that we saw last week with Shriontech versus Fernandez. There you go, there you go. That is the women's draw for 2021. Who do you think is going to win? Who do you think is going to win the draw, win the match? Who's got the easiest part of the draw? I keep saying Shriontech. But again, I don't think you should sleep on Kredgikova. Muga-Rutha as well. She's got a pretty good, pretty good draw as well. But I don't know. I mean, Barty and Osaka, the two favourites are going to clash early. Maybe, maybe they're not the favourites anymore. Maybe it is Muga-Rutha. Maybe it is Kredgikova, but it's going to be very tough for Ash Barty and Naomi Osaka to win this trophy. It's going to be the toughest draws by far. Sabal Egg has got a tough draw just because she hasn't played well. So we don't know what to expect from her, but... I mean, on the chat, who do you think is going to win this draw?