 The biggest event since the Australian Open for both the men and the women is coming up in March Indian Wells the fifth Grand Slam as it's very famously called and a lot of big names are going to be playing this event the entry list has just been revealed six weeks out from the tournament let's go see who is actually going to be playing at this stage. We're starting on the women's side of things on the WTA the list of the top 32 seeds because of course this tournament is a massive draw starting with the number one Shafiyontek of course gonna be there and also Sabalenka will also be at the event Rabakana the defending champion also playing at this one Zheng the Australian Open final is also going to be at this event in fact in the top 32 of the world rankings everyone's going to be playing at this stage now of course there is a few weeks until the event starts so there's injuries that could come into play but at this point the top 32 in the world are going to be playing this event on the women's side we go down the list a little bit more to the players that are unceded on Drava she'll be the first unceded player outside the top 32 but of course injuries over the next couple weeks could mean that she is in the top 32 and seeded but at this stage she is the highest ranked unceded player Leila Fernandez also unceded at number 36 Safiya Kenan another unceded player going into Indian Wells and of course could be a potential second-rate opponent for a seed we keep going down a little bit more you can see Daniel Collins of course nearly beating Shafiyontek at this round open just beat Osaka as well so very dangerous unceded player there and he's going to be playing in this event and then some of the players that are coming in with a protected ranking or a special ranking of course Nemo Osaka herself will be playing Anissa Mova who did well at the Australian Open also going to be playing at this event with a protected ranking so really going to be interested to see when the draw comes out in a few weeks time where these kind of players fall amongst the seeds going over to the men's side now and Novak Djokovic playing for the first time in Indian Wells since 2019 of course wasn't allowed to play the last couple years and pulled out a few years before that as well he will be the number one seed going into Indian Wells with Carlos Elcrest the defending champion as the number two seed going into the event Yannick Sinner also going to be playing but it won't be the first time since the Australian Open he is playing an event in the next week or two but he will be there as well he made the semifinals last year some other seeds that are worth watching out for of course Demetrov has had a really good six months definitely someone to keep an eye on at this event has done well here before as well Bublik who just won a tournament a couple weeks ago will also be seated at this event and just like on the women's side you can see the top 32 players in the world if nobody gets injured over the next couple weeks will be the top 32 seeds so that's really good to see that the top players on the both the men and the women are all entered in this event with no one pulling out six weeks in advance we go down to the unseeded players you banks he is the cutoff at number 33 in the world so he will be the first in line if somebody in the seeds does pull out quarter also going to be unseeded which is interesting to see we go down a little further of course Andy Murray will be unseeded at this event he just can't seem to get his ranking up high enough in that top 30 to get seated at these big events so again he's probably going to have to play a seed early in this event but Vrinka another veteran that's going to be unseeded of course beat Runa here last year was really really good Monfice another veteran who's going to be unseeded we go down the list and then we go down to the players that are protected Shapovalov Rayonich of course Rafa Nadal back in action in Indian Wells hasn't been in America for a long time over 12 months of course got injured in Australia last year and wasn't able to play any of the events last year post the Australian Open so really excited to see Rafa back in Indian Wells of course made the final here two years ago lost to Fritz after getting injured in the final but had that epic match against both Kirios and Elkores along the way so really keen to see how Rafa does especially where he falls in the draw because of course there is a potential that he could play Novak Djokovic in the second round if the tennis gods allow so there it is Indian Wells stacked event as usual but it's great to see that we're getting the top 32 players in the world at this stage playing in this event of course plenty of time for injuries and I would be very surprised that we do get the top 32 for the men and the women both playing at this event you know injuries happen there are players right now that are injured that are on the entry list but they might pull out and that could change things a little bit but of course Rafa being in the draw he won't go any higher you don't expect him to be in the top 32 so he might have to play a top 10 guy in the first or second round actually remember the top 32 seeds get to buy the first round all the unceded players then play to get to the seeds in the second rounds could be really awkward also Osaka another player really keen to see how she does as an unceded player but let me know down the comments below who's going to be winning Indian Wells give me a prediction six weeks away it's a long way away but give me your predictions is it going to be we're back and going repeating or is it going to be Djokovic taking over Indian Wells remember he hasn't lost in America post Wimbledon and that was his plan as per the 60 minute interview he did say that I wanted to beat everyone in America on American soil and he did that by winning the US Open so let's see how he does at Indian Wells for the first time in a long time but there it is the entry list for Indian Wells about six weeks until the event starts