 Welcome back to Tennis Talk my name's Cam Williams and the Cincinnati Masters is on next week It's a big tournament on the ATP It's an ATP 1000 event and it goes into the US Open It's the last chance for a lot of these players to get form going into the last major of the year And we've put some big names playing but some massive names are not playing so let's go to the withdrawal list So a long list of withdrawals with some real big names in this one Chorich. He's not playing Novak Djokovic the defending champion He's also out Roger Federer is not playing Manorino is not playing Nadal is also out injured Nishikori Rownich Dominic team the reigning US Open champion He's not in it and Vavrenka is also out of this one All right, starting at the top of the draw and we have 16 seeds in this one And the top eight seeds get a buy in the first round that I'm ever dev The number one seed just had a really good week in Canada this week He also won this tournament back in 2019 He gets a buy in the first round He'll play an American in the second round no matter what because we've got two wild cards going at it With Nakashima taking on McDonald couple of good informed players as well Then we have public versus a qualifier winner of that match takes on the winner of the battle of the veterans Dmitrov takes on the number 13 seed Batistra Guru very fun first-round matchup We've got the number nine seed her catch He takes a Fakina in the first round winner of that match takes on either a qualifier or the wild card Andy Murray in the second round so Murray he's back in action Then we've got Milman versus Strouf winner of that match takes on the number seven seed Karinia Buster in the second round So the players were watching out for Medvedev made the semi-files of Canada this week So he's in some good form also won this title as I said a couple of years ago So he loves playing here also keeping an eye on Karinia Buster the bronze medalist at the Olympics Let's see how he can back that up and also who be her catch Miami Open champion very unlucky this week Not to beat Medvedev in Canada so got to keep an eye on him He might be able to sneak through this part of the draw and maybe get some revenge over Medvedev in the quarter finals Second quarter of the draw now and we have the number four seed Rublev He gets a buy in the first round he'll take on the winner of Carrots of versus Chilich Which is a very intriguing matchup circle that one is one to watch because Chilich Grand Slam champion Carrots of having a great 2021 interested to see how they play against each other We've got Lyubic versus Monfice winner of that match takes on either Crianovic or the number 14 seed Diminor in the second round then we've got the number 11 seed Sinner taking on Delbonus winner That match takes on either Isner or Norrie in the second round and John Isner just made the semi-finals of Canada last week So he's in great form as well keep an eye on him We've got catch Minovic versus Pear winner of that match takes on the number six seed Shapa Valov the players I'm watching out for in this one Rublev didn't have a great week last week actually got upset by Isner in Canada so interested to see how he rebounds beat Federer in Cincinnati a couple of years ago So he does have fond memories at this venue also Shapa Valov very disappointing week last week So let's see how he can rebound this week in Cincinnati and also keep an eye on John Isner Like I said played very well in Canada last week Causing a couple of upsets along the way to keep an eye on him in this part of the draw very dangerous unseeded player And he loves playing on the hard courts in America So definitely got to keep an eye on Isner going to the bottom half of the draw now We've got the number eight seed Caspar would had a pretty decent week last week in Toronto He gets a buy in the first round he awaits the winner of Opelka versus a qualifier and of course Opelka getting to the semi-finals Of Canada last week. He's in good form too So very interesting matchup rude versus Opelka if it happens in the second round Then we've got TFO the wild card versus on Bear winner of that match takes on either Evans or the number 10 seed Schwartzman in the second round Then we've got the number 15 seed Goffin taking on Pella winner of that match takes on either Finini or Basilash Vili in the second round then we've got the qualifier versus Harris winner of that match takes on the number three seed Alexander's Varev first time we're seeing Varev since the Olympics So of course we're going to be watching out for him this week Alexander's Varev the gold medalist at the Olympics also Caspar would Interested to see how he can convert the game that he has on clay the very effective game onto the hard courts did Okay last week making the quarterfinals of Canada lost to Sidney pass in the end So not a terrible loss so interested to see if he can continue converting his game onto hard courts and also Riley Opelka got to watch out for him made the Canadian Semifinals last week with some big wins over guys like Kirios and Demetrov So got to watch out for him as a dangerous unseated player in this part of the draw going to the bottom quarter of the draw now We've got the number five seed Baratini haven't seen him for a long time He gets a buy in the first round he awaits the winner of Fritz versus Ramos Vanoles We're going at it in the first round then we've got a qualifier versus Hashinov winner of that match takes on either Fuchovich or the number 12 seed Ozealia seam in the second round Then we've got the number 16 seed Garin taking on a qualifier winner of that match takes on either Sonny Go or another qualifier in this part of the draw then we've got quarter versus Jera winner of that match takes on the Number two seed Stefano Sidney pass so players were watching out for obviously the big seeds Got to watch out for Sidney pass had a really good week in Canada last week Seems to be doing really well in the hard courts this year as well Remember made the semi finals of the Australian Open earlier this year So got to keep an eye out for Stef and also Baratini haven't seen him since Wimbledon So didn't play the Olympics had a couple of months off a couple weeks off So we should keep an eye on him this week see how he can play on the hard courts made the semi finals of the US Open a couple of years ago So we know he can play on them and also Hashinov the silver medalist of the Olympics He lost the Sidney pass in the end last week so very unlucky with his draw as he has been this week But let's see if he can actually make a bit of a run going into the US Open because of course made Final of the Olympics got the silver medal in the end So let's keep an eye on him this week and see what he can do in Cincinnati So there it is the Cincinnati Masters for the ATP. It's an ATP 1000 event We don't have the defending champion Jokovic playing We don't even have the defending finalist Milosh Rayonich playing few of the goats are out as well It's a very bare tournament to what it used to be with a lot of those great players not playing this event Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's gonna win this one? It's gonna be interesting because Medvedev is the pseudo defending champion after you know winning it two years ago and Jokovic not playing this year, but let me know down in the comments below Who do you think's gonna win because it could be anyone's game? All right So having a look at the draw very interesting to see how this one actually plays out because like I said anybody could really win This one, but I'm gonna go with Alexander Zverev I reckon Zverev can get the win here in Cincinnati He's in great form great confidence beating Jokovic at the Olympics got the gold medal and has a really good drawer as well Not too many difficult opponents in his part of the draw So I am gonna go with Zverev to win this one and back up that Olympic gold medal that he got a couple of weeks ago Again, let me know down in the comments below Who's gonna win this event? So the last chance for a lot of these players to get some warm-up form going into the fourth major of the year the US Open