 Welcome back to Tennis Talk, my name's Cam Williams, and we have a huge event in Kazakhstan, an ATP 500 event at the Astana Open. It's a brand new event, or at least it's a brand new 500 event. It's been upgraded from a 250 event to a 500 event due to the Asian swing being cut short. Massive names are playing in this one, but let's go have a look at the withdrawal list because some big names are also pulled out. Alright, so we have a long withdrawal list here with Basilash Vili, he pulled out, Dmitrov's also out, Mofis, Moussedi, Schwartzman, and Sonego have all pulled out of this event. So a lot of names pulling out of this event, but we still have some huge names we're actually playing. Having a look at the top of the drawer now, and we have eight seeds in this one, and nobody gets a buy in the first round, which is very strange for an event like this. Al-Qaraz, the number one seed, and then world number one, we're getting to call him that for the first time in a draw since the US Open. And he plays Runa in the first round, who just made a final last week. Winner of that match takes on either Manorino or Vavrenka in the second round. Then we've got a qualifier taking on Karatsev. Winner of that match takes on either another qualifier, or the number five seed, Rublev, in the second round. Then we've got Siddhipast, the number three seed, taking on the wild card Krakushkin. Winner of that match takes on either Chilich, or a qualifier in the second round. And Chilich has been in good form this week, making it to the final in Israel, so that could be a tough match for Steph in the second round. Then you've got Gricksport taking on Bublik. Winner of that match takes on either Serendolo, or the number seven seed, Hercatch, in the second round. This is going to be a very fun event. And like I said, it's going to be stacked. It is a stacked event. If we're going to go with potential matchups, we could get Al-Qaraz versus Rublev in the quarterfinals, Siddhipast, Hercatch, in the quarterfinals as well. I mean, Siddhipast, Al-Qaraz could be a semi-final based on the rankings, but you just don't know because there's so many random players that could do well here. Bottom half of the draw now, we've got the number six seed, Sinner, taking on Otto in the first round. Of course, Sinner just withdrew from an event last week, so we're going to keep an eye on his fitness levels in this event. Winner of that match will take on either Kressi or Hashinob in the second round. Then we've got Van Dazanchil taking on the wild card, Zukeyev. Winner of that match takes on either Garin, or the number four seed, Novak Djokovic, who made a final last week in Israel, so he's looking to continue that good form. Then we've got the number eight seed, Felix Ogelyasim, taking on Batistar Agu in the first round. Winner of that match takes on either a qualifier, or Davidovic Fakina in the second round. Then we've got Huzla taking on Brusovori. Winner of that match takes on either Ramos Van Olares, or the number two seed, Mevedev in the second round. And this is a tournament that seems like Mevedev could definitely win or do well at, at least because indoor hard courts, he does like playing on these surfaces, and he does play well at the end of the seasons we saw last year. Mevedev can turn it around, but potential quarter-finals. Djokovic's sinner, I mean, if Sinner's healthy, or at least if Sinner's playing, playing well, and maybe he's over the ankle problem that hurt him last week. Him and Djokovic quarter-final, I mean, FAA versus Mevedev quarter-final. We've seen those guys play an epic match in Australia this year, but there's some dangerous unseated players as well. You know, Batistar Agu is always going to be dangerous. You've got to watch out for Huzla, who's had a very good couple of weeks. He played very good last week, making a final of an event, but also semi-finals between maybe Djokovic and Mevedev. That could be epic to see those guys play another big semi-final match-up. Let me know down in the comments below, who do you think is going to win this event? I'm looking at Mevedev. I mean, Alkreis obviously is in hot form. Djokovic is looking for blood. He wants to win tournaments, having not been able to play most of the events over the last couple of months. But let me know down in the comments below, who do you think is going to win this event? At the Astana Open, the first time, it's an ATP 500.