 What's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and we have the Strasbourg open this week It's actually the final WTA event before the French open It's the only one being played this week to big names are playing but some names have also pulled out So let's go have a look at the withdrawals taking a look at the withdrawal list And it is a long list a lot of plays pulling out just before the French open getting ready for that Collins She's pulled out golf is pulled out who won an event last week could have a toba She's out because Netsubar Pavlochenkova, Poroska, Riz, Ribakina, Tormo, Vekic, Bondrasova and Wong has also pulled out of this event All right starting at the top of the draw and we have eight seeds in this one But no seed gets a buy in the first round. Bianca Andrescu. She is playing this event It's the first time we will be seeing her on clay in almost two years We haven't seen her play on clay for a long long time and she is obviously number one seed She takes on a qualifier in the first round We're a good start for her the winner of that match is going to take on another qualifier because we've got two Collies going at it so a great start for Andrescu They may have Venus Williams versus Castella. Winner of that match is going to take on either doi or the number six seed Jang then we have the number four seed put in seven taking on Pedersen Winner of that's going to take on either Blinkova or Taikman in the second round then we have Christina Pliscova taking on Cornei. Winner of that match is going to take on either Hibino or the number eight seed Lynette in the second round So obviously the player that we're all looking at in this one is Bianca Andrescu How will she do on the clay? We haven't seen her on clay for a long long time. She had to pull out of both Madrid and Rome This is our only warm-up tournament for the French Open Also interested to see how Puttenseva does the number four seed It's a mind-playing on clay So it'd be interesting to see how she does this week and also Venus Williams She has dropped down the rankings over the last few months They're really interested to see how she can do in this event And maybe she sets up a quarterfinal matchup with Andrescu Which would be awesome to see champ versus champ going to the bottom half of the draw now We've got the number five seed Krojekova She takes on a qualifier in the first round Winner of that takes on either Gesia or Diaz in the second round Then we have Gracheva versus Boral Winner of that match is going to take on either Davis or the number three seed Alexandrova Then we've got the number seven seed Rodgers taking on Mikhail Winner of that match is going to take on a qualifier no matter what Because we've got two qualies going at it Then we've got Van Udvang versus the wild card Tan Winner of that match is going to take on either Russ or the number two seed Pagola who's been in great form in 2021 The players to watch out for for me Pagola Obvious one to watch out for She's had a great season had some big wins over top 10 players as well Including Osaka a couple of weeks ago on the clay Also interested to see how Garcia does Former top 10 player and a French woman as well Interested to see how she does seeing that she is unseeded in this event So there you have it the last WTA event before the French open Which is starting next week Let me know down the comments below Who's going to win this one because there's some obvious choices But then again the WTA is not that obvious Maybe someone random can win this event Maybe an unseeded player can win this event So let me know down the comments below Who are you picking to win this one Alright having a look at the draw here and as much as I like on Drescu I'm going to go with Pagola to win this one I think she's had some great wins Not just on the clay but also in 2021 in general So I'm going to go with her to win this event I think she's got a pretty good draw as well So Pagola is the pick for me Again let me know down the comments below Who are you picking to win this one To the Strasbourg Open the last WTA event Before the French Open starting next week