 Alright, so the draw for Brisbane has just come out It's the first time in four years that we've got this event as a standalone event And we're gonna start with the WTA draw because Namer Sark is coming back for the first time in a while Also, Savalanca we're back and I'm playing this event as a big big draw. It's a 500 event as well Let's go see who's not playing in this event though this year So there's a couple of big names that are pulled out of this one starting with Begu. She's pulled out Madison Keys has pulled out Mukava has pulled out and we know that she's also pulled out of the Australian Open So massive name there missing from the draw and Potter Oscar has also pulled out of this one So the only the four players so far who are missing the first event of the year But let's go to the draw because this is a very stacked event with some very big names. Alright, here we go This is the draw you can see there We've got 16 seeds in this one and every seed gets a buy in the first round So we won't see any big names playing each other in the first rounds only unseeded players Savalanca number one seed She gets a buy in the first round to take on either Bronzetti or Kruger in the second round Then you've got a qualifier taken on Collins winner of that would take on the number 15 seed zoo in the second round So straight away you can see that a potential third round between Savalanca and Collins which would be a fireworks match Then you got Lynette she gets a buy in the first round the number nine seed She'll take on either Buxa or Minin in the second round Then you got Bogdan taken on Kostruc winner of that would take on the number five seed Dasher Kazakina So that's the top quarter of the draw Savalanca. I mean dangerous players like Collins of course could be very very dangerous But you know Lynette I think she might have played her at the Australian Open last year so she can beat her Kazakina, I mean maybe on a fast court tough for her to beat Savalanca But they were Savalanca the Australian Open champion not too mad about that section of the draw Not too many dangerous players then the next section of the draw you got number three seed Osta-Penko gets a buy in the first round she'll take on either winner of Stearns or Georgie in the second round So maybe Georgie Osta-Penko second round always fireworks then you've got Nemo Saka coming back for the first time in a long time She takes on Corpatch in the first round winner of that will take on Pliskeva the 16 seed in the second round Then you got Kalanina the 12 seed taking on either a qualifier or borough in the second round Then you got Kalan Sky taking on Perra winner of that will take on the number eight seed as a ranker in the second round This section of the draw feels like the most dangerous because you got a couple of big names Of course Pliskeva's won this tournament before you got Osta-Penko as a ranker and then the unseeded players you got Georgie and Of course Osta-Penko being the big one that everyone's focusing on this week So I feel like that section is the most dangerous section of the entire draw At least the dangerous quarter of the draw and of course Nemo Saka's in that section as well So that's gonna be really fun next quarter of the draw you've got the number seven seed Alex and Draba gets a buy in the first round she'll take on the winner of a qualifier or Tomova in the second round Then you got Noskova taking on a qualifier winner That would take on the number 10 seed Castella in the second round then you got the number 14 seed Ken and she'll take on either Roddy Nova or Treveson in the second round then you got Schneider taking on and Draba winner of that will take on the number four seed Samson over in the second round very interesting section here I mean the seeds Ken and I did have a good end of the year by winning in an excellent distribution against Savalenka Castella also played pretty well in that same event Samson over she's been on and off all year in 2023 so that could be really interesting and then I guess you know on Draba being the big one that everyone's gonna focus on when it comes to unseeded players and and young players so this could be an open section of the draw and Maybe we do get a random player come out of this section bottom quarter of the draw now You've got you've got Kudomat over the six seed taking on Either Schmidlova or dollaheid in the second round then you got Savill taking on a qualifier winner That would take on either I would take on the number 11 seed Potipova Then you got the 13 seed Merton's she'll take on either senior Coba or Stevens in the second round Then you got Birrell taken on a qualifier winner of that will take on the number two seed Rabakina in the second round and if you're a Rabakina fan, you got to like that draw That is a very nice draw not too many dangerous players even the seeds aren't super dangerous Kudomat over hat can have her times, but Very it's it's she's very hit and miss and also she can play the big guns and lose badly as we've seen her play She'll be on take a bunch and lose badly. So I would say Rabakina section might be the best for the top four seed She's probably got the nicest draw and should make it to the semis of course some of the matchups We could get with Sabal anchor possibly playing Osaka Sabal anchor Osta Pankov the top half in the semis could be a thing or even Samson over versus Rabakina in the bottom half The draw of course Samson over has been a little bit of a pain for Rabakina in 2023 So that could be dangerous, but I don't know. What do you guys think? Do you think that Rabakina's got the best draw? Sabal anchor has also got a pretty nice draw I do think that where Osaka's place is very very dangerous for everybody including the seeds, but it's gonna be interesting It's interesting when the top 8 top 16 seeds have a buy in the first round because a lot of players get a second round Entry without having to do anything But there are dangerous unseeded players that could really make things interesting But there it is Brisbane is national the first one of the year and Osaka is back. It's always Sabal anchor or Rabakina