 What's going on everybody? Welcome back to another video and we are finally starting the 2021 season We're gonna start with the WTA. They have gone to Abu Dhabi for the first time ever It's a brand new tournament in this brand new tennis schedule that we have of course Strahlin opens gonna be played in February This is one of the lead-up tournaments Abu Dhabi first-ever time Let's go through the players who have withdrawn from this tournament so far, okay? So we have a lot of people withdrawing from this event. We have Zhang, we have Van Udvank, we have Teague, Ziniyakova, Osta Penko, Kuznetsova, Garcia, Collins and then two of the biggest names on tour Belinda Benchich She's pulled out and Anissa Mova pulled out last minute as well So some big names there missing from this event. So those are the players that have withdrawn Let's go straight to the top of the draw and see who the number one seed is So Safiya Ken and the Australian Open Champion She is the number one seed for this event. She gets a qualifier in the first round So they are still being played as we speak. She'll play the winner of Sigmund or Flipkins in the second round, then you've got Krajikova versus Lope Winner of that's gonna play Travassan or the number 13 seed Putinseva So that's a fun little match up there in the first round Then you've got the number nine seed Sakari versus Potipova. The winner of that's gonna play either Koko Goff or Norwegian player Ikira. Second round match. We could get Sakari versus Goff That is a great second round match to start off our 2020 season Then you've got Sansanovic versus a qualifier. The winner of that's gonna play another great first round match Lejenovic versus the number five seed Mugaruta Tough start for Mugaruta and not to mention She's also in the same quarter as Sophia Kennen So if we get to the quarterfinals we could see a replay of the Australian Open final of 2020 Alright, so the second quarter of the draw we have Sabalenka the number four seed Versing Herkog in the first round winner of that's gonna play either Tomijanovic or Zou Then we've got a qualifier versus Wang the winner of that's gonna play either Pavlechenkova Or the number 15 seed Jabor who I think is gonna be a sneaky chance to win this watch out for her Then we've got Muchova the number 12 seed versus Kovanich winner That's gonna play you the Kazakina or Wang then we've got Ross versus Wang the winner That's gonna play either a qualifier or the number six seed Rybakina who I've picked The 2021 to have a big season and one of the players to watch out for so there could be a big matchup A big serving matchup in the quarterfinals if we get Sabalenka versus Rybakina the four versus the number six Alright, so the third quarter of the draw we have the number eight seed Vondrosova versus Tsai in the first round the winner that's gonna play either Kozjak or a qualifier then you've got the Canadian who I've never heard of before Fernandez versus Paulini the winner that's gonna play either Zidnsek or The number 11 seed Brady who a lot of you picked as a sneaky chance to win this and one to watch out for in this tournament So we'll keep an eye on her of course the US Open semi-finals of 2020 Then you've got the 16th seed Veckage versus Perra the winner That's gonna play the Tormo or Podoroska who remember made the semi-finals of the French open in 2020 So watch out for her name in 2021. We'll see if she can back up that result Then you've got Barthol versus a qualifier the winner That's gonna play the Castella or the number three seed Carolina Plushkova who I picked to win the US Open this year So we'll keep an eye on her. She's got a new coach We'll see how that relationship is working out early in the season with this tournament Alright, let's go to the final section of the draw So you've got the number seven seed Mertens Versing Cornei in the first round the winner of that's gonna play either Sevastova or Barossa, so that's gonna be interesting to see how Mertens can do then you've got a qualifier versus Sevadova the winner of that's gonna play either Kudomitova or the number 10 seed Konsevet then you've got the number 17 seed Alexandrova versus Diaz in the first round the winner of that's gonna play either Ferro or Osvana Raven now Osvana Raven might be a familiar name She played really well at Wimbledon a few times almost a decade ago Then you've got a qualifier versus Watson the winner that's gonna play either Pagula or the number two seed Svetolina who played pretty well in 2020 considering the small tournament or the small schedule She played really well and she won a lot of tournaments I think two or three so look out for her She's looking to do big things in 2021 But she's gonna have to get through Mertens in her quarter of the draw But there you have it you have Kenan up the top Svetolina down the bottom and a lot of good players in between Let me know down in the comments below. Who's your prediction to win this WTA very unpredictable very hard to pick I'm going with Kenan, but very tentatively I'm not a hundred percent sure but let me know down the comments below who you think's gonna win this one And there you have it the first draw preview of 2021. It's in the books We're gonna be watching these matches during the week