 What's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and we have the Hamburg open this week a clay court event an ATP 500 event a big event on the calendar happening this week straight after Wimbledon We have some big names playing in this one as well, but some big names are pulled out So let's go to the withdrawal list so some players that are pulled out of this one and do ha He's pulled out ojali a seam is pulled out after making the quarterfinals of Wimbledon last week Butcher which is also pulled out for the same reason carrots if it's pulled out and also sonigo has pulled out of this one All right, let's start at the top of the drawer here We've got eight seeds in this event and the top four seeds get a buy in the first round It's the father city pass he comes in as a wild card and the number one seed He gets a buy in the first round He'll take on the winner of the qualifier or coppa in the second round Which could be a very tough match for Steph if it is coppa because remember coppa almost took out Federer at the French Open then we've got Munevis the wild card colescriber winner of that match takes on the winner of the wild card Altmaier and the number six seed Crianovic then we got the number three seed Bacillus really he gets a buy in the first round He'll take on the winner of Mutay versus Betonay who are going at it in the first round Then we've got the wild card Kuhn versus a qualifier winner of that match is going to take on either Jera or the number seven seed Strouf in the second round so the players we're watching out for obviously we're watching out for city pass We're going to see how he's going to go after losing in the first round of Wimbledon a couple of weeks ago And of course he made the French open final and this is a clay court event So really keen to see how Steph can maybe regain some form this week also keen to watch Crianovic because he's a very good player But we haven't seen the best of him and this is a tournament a smaller tournament that maybe he can shine at and also If it's still actually number three seed interested to see how he does this week after he also lost in the first round of Wimbledon a couple of weeks ago going to the bottom half of the draw now We've got Benoit pair the number eight seed he takes on Brankus in the first round winner of that match takes on a qualifier in The second round no matter what because we've got two qualifiers going at it in the first round Then we've got Delbonus first thing another qualifier winner of that match takes on the number four seed Ramos for Noles in the second round. Then we've got the number five seed Lyovic versus Pui That is a huge first-round match circle that one is one to watch winner of that match takes on either Maga or a Qualifier in the second round then we've got another qualifier in this part of the draw Stacked with qualifiers in the bottom half taking on Lopez the veteran winner of that match takes on the number two seed Carino Buster in the second round to play as I'm watching out for in this one Got to watch out for the number two seed Carino Buster hasn't really done too much this year after having a breakout season last year Making the semi-files of the u.s. Open so interested to see if he can maybe regain some form going through this one Also interested to see how Lyovic does because again He's a player that last year in the year before was really having a breakout And it's kind of fallen off the last couple of months Interested to see how he does and of course you got to watch out for Ben Mape You never know what he's gonna bring to the court so always got to keep an eye on him He might surprise everyone this week and have a bit of a run So there it is the Hamburg Open an ATP 500 event a big event on the calendar last year It was a lead into the French Open this year It's after Wimbledon one of the last clay court events of the year and it's a big big event Who do you think's gonna win this one though? Let me know down in the comments below We've got Sidney pass playing you think he's gonna regain some form having just made the French Open final having a look at the Draw and I guess the easy pick is Sidney pass He did make the French Open final who was arguably one of the best clay court players of 2021 behind the goats Nadal and Djokovic So I'm gonna go with Sidney pass to win this one and regain some form after pretty poor performance of Wimbledon again Let me know down in the comments below who you think's gonna win this one Hamburg Open one of the last clay court events of the season And Sidney pass he's gonna be playing