 What's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and we have the Dubai tennis championships It's an ATP 500 event and we don't have the defending champion Novak Djokovic But we do have some big names, but also some big names are pulled out recently So let's go check out the withdrawals. So some of the big names are pulled out of this one We have Baratini the number 10 in the world. He's pulled out Nick Kiraus has also pulled out Monfice He's also out better is out and stand for drinker has also recently pulled out so big names out of this event All right, let's start at the top of the draw This is a big draw and there's a lot of buys in the first round There's gonna be 16 seeds in this event and they all have buys in the first round So Dominic team the top seed he gets a buy in the first round No matter what he's playing a qualifier in the second round because there's two qualities playing each other They may have for Keener versus a qualifier winner That's gonna play number 14 seed Cryanovich in the second round. We have the number 10 seed Chorich already in the second round He'll play either a qualifier or Betonay in the second round Then we got Nishikori versus Opelka, which is a very fun match up winner of that match He's gonna play another counter puncher the number five seed Gophane who's been in some good form recently So keep it on him second quarter of the draw now We got Shapavalov the number three seed getting a buy in the first round He'll play the winner of Strouf or a qualifier in the second round Then we have Gaskay versus Chekinado winner That's gonna play against number 13 seed her catch in the second round the number 19 Diminor again gets a buy in the first round He'll play the winner of Shardi versus Vanoles in the second round now Shardi's been in some form So watch out for him Then we have a battle of the wild card between Poprin who just recently won his first tournament back in Singapore a couple of weeks ago He's playing against Dennis Novak the Austrian winner of that match is gonna play the number eight seed Hashinov Who's been in some good form recently some mixed form recently He pushed Sidney past a couple of weeks ago So maybe keep an eye on him during this tournament Let's go to the third quarter of the draw now the number 17 seed Sonny go buy in the first round He'll play the winner of a qualifier versus Milman in the second round Then we got the wild card Carrotsev and of course the Australian Open semi-finalist He's playing he's playing Jurisimov in the first round winner That's gonna play Dan Evans the number 12 seed in the second round Then we have Sinner the number 16 seed into the second round thanks to a buy He'll play the winner of Nishioca versus Bublek another player who's been in some form Bublek watch out for him And then we already have a second-round matchup confirmed Epton who's played really well last week in Marseille getting to the semi-finals there He'll play the number four seed Batista Ragu who got to the final of Doha last week So already got a second round matchup lined up for this one Alright the bottom quarter of the draw now we have the number six seed Karino Buster buy in the first round He'll play the winner of Pospisul or Fudjavic in the second round Then we got Cesare the wild card versus Joe Woodford Zonga who came back last week to winning his first match in a couple of years So he's feeling good winner of that match is going to play the number 11 seed Lyovic in the second round then we've got another second round matchup already confirmed the number 15 seed Fritz Against Priscilla Svili and these two played last week in Doha So we've got a replay straight away of the semi-finals of Doha last week in the second round Then we've got a qualifier versus Thompson winner of that's going to play against number two seed Rubelev who had a very weird week last week He was supposed to play two matches both will walk over as he made the semi-finals without having to play a match And then he lost in straight sets, but he did win the doubles last week in Doha So he is feeling pretty good. So there it is the Dubai championships not the biggest tournament that we used to having We used to having players like Federer play or Djokovic. We don't have any of the big names We do have a couple of big names though because you do have Dominic team and Rubelev playing same as what they did in Doha There's a lot of buys in the first round, but let me know down in the comments below Who do you think's gonna win this event? It's very wide open for me Just like Doha was last week very wide open and I'm not sure who to pick So this is a tough one for me to pick There's a lot of seeds in this one and a lot of players that are informed this year with titles under their belt But I'm gonna go with Dominic team the number one seed I know that he's probably the easy pick especially after last week Rubelev losing I'm gonna go with team I watched him play against Batista Ragu losing last week and he looked great again Let me know down in the comments below who's winning this event for you So the Dubai championships got some big names and some potential big matches in the later rounds