 Alright the men's draw it is officially out for the French over the second slam of the year There's a lot of players playing a lot of good players playing, but there's some big names playing not playing So let's go to the withdrawal list to start. Okay. Here is the list in order. So here are the withdrawals We've got Batista a guru. He pulled out Baratini's pulled out shardy also out Federer is out coppa Curios Murray Montfies Nishikori and Strouf have all pulled out of this one So some big names there obviously some ground slam champions with Murray and Federer, but Baratini He's probably the biggest name from and probably the biggest threat out of the men's draw Because he made the quarterfinals here last year and you know took a set of Norway here It is the top section of the draws. So you see there Novak Djokovic number one seed We've got 32 seeds of course in a grand slam Novak Djokovic number one seed He takes on Nishioca in the first round winner of that match will take on either Mulkan or Koriya in the second round Then we've got Betonay taking on O'Connell winner of that will take on either Quavos or the 31st seed Brooksby in the second round. Then we've got the number 18 seed Dimitriok taking on Giron Winner of that would take on either Chorich or Tabinah in the second round Then we've got Altmayer versus Moon now winner of that match will take on either a qualifier or the number 15 Seed Schwartzman in the second round So it doesn't look too bad for Nolay when you're looking at it like this But when we go down the list a little bit more it gets a bit crazier, but not too I mean look Djokovic would be happy with that Nishioca, you know, Koriya is a dangerous clay quarter But probably not too dangerous for Nolay, you know Brooksby third round Who knows what that's gonna look like Dimitriok Schwartzman. I mean there's some Nolay should make it out of this section of the draw Okay, this is where things get crazy second section of the draw We've got the number nine seed Ojalia seem he takes on a qualifier winner of that match takes on either a qualifier or Carrots of in the second round then we've got to be low versus another quali winner of that match takes on either Krianovich or the number 17 seed Opelka in the second round Then we've got the number 26 seed Vanders-Anschel taking on a quali a lot of qualities in this part of the draw winner of that match takes on either Fanini or Popper in the second round then we've got Stan Vavrenka versus Mutei Winner of that match takes on either Thompson or the number five seed Rafa Nadal So Rafa versus Stan could be a second round and of course you can see a bunch of other matchups Ojalia seem taking on Rafa in the fourth round and of course this section of the draw is playing Djokovic's section in the quarter-finals, so we could get Nadal Djokovic quarter-final that could happen Of course Ojalia seem could be in the quarters as well But Rafa versus Nolay that is the quarter-final that could happen at this French open next quarter of the draw Next section we've got Zverev number three seed He takes on a quali in the first round winner of that match takes on either Lyovic or Baez in the second round then we've got Nakashima taking on Matjrzak winner of that match takes on either Grigsbor or the 25th seed Davidovic Fakina in the second round then we've got the 23rd seed Isner taking on Haliz Winner of that match takes on either Daniel or Barre in the second round Then we've got Morrow taking on a qualifier winner of that match takes on either another qualifier Well number 13 seed Fritz in the second round, so this isn't a bad draw for Zverev You know you've got Fakina who we know is dangerous We've seen him beat Djokovic this year on clay, but Zverev's gonna have to like that I mean, you know Fritz is now there on clay I mean Zverev would like his chances against those guys So I think I think Zverev's got to be happy with his draw He's got to be pretty happy with this draw All right the last section of this top half of the draw we've got Nori number 10 seed taking on the wild card Gunnar in the first round winner of that will take on either a qualifier or Kudla in the second round Then we've got Dillion versus team. There's Domi team winner of that match will take on either a qualifier Or the number 21 seed Hashinob in the second round Then we've got the 27th seed quarter taking on Milman winner of that match takes on either Harris or Gascay in the second round Then we've got Ramos Van Ola taking on Kokonakis Winner of that match takes on either a qualifier or the number six seed Elkaraz in the second round So I mean straight away you can see Elkaraz quarter. They played a Monte Carlo quarter got the win That's gonna maybe happen in the third round You've got team versus Hashinob in the second round You got Nori and Elkaraz in the fourth round. They played a hell of a lot this year They seem to always play each other and of course this section of the draw will take on this Verev section So we could be getting Elkaraz versus Verev. We could be getting I don't know It's a miracle we could be getting team versus Verev And of course this part of the draw also takes on the top quarter as well Which has got Nadal and Djokovic so we could be getting Elkaraz Nadal We could be getting Elkaraz Djokovic. We could be getting Zverev Nadal Zverev Djokovic I mean there's a lot of combinations the top half of the draw is Stacked bottom of the draw the top of the bottom half We've got Rude the number eight seed taken on Songa in his last match possibly of his career But we know that match will take on either Russavari or Umbair in the second round Then we've got Souza versus a qualifier Winner of that match takes on either Goyovcek or the 30 second seed Senego in the second round Then we've got the 24th seed Tiafo versus Bonsai winner of that match takes on either Leheka or Goffan in the second round Then we've got Chekinato versus Anduha winner of that match takes on either a qualifier or the number 12 seed Hercatch in the second round this part of the draws pretty open I mean Rude's probably the favorite. He's the better. He's the best clay quarter there I think but you've got like Tiafo You've got Hercatch, Goffan as a dangerous unseated player But that's a nice section. That's a nice section to be in for Kasparui. Next part of the draw now We've got Shapovalov the 14th seed taken on Runei. That is a fire first-round match I like that match up. Winner of that match will take on either Mardnez or Laxinan in the second round Then we've got two qualifiers going at it. Winner of that match will take on either Gaston or the number 19 seed Diminor in the second round. Then we've got number 29 seed Evans taken on Serendolo Winner of that match will take on either Ima or Duckworth in the second round Then we've got Pui versus a qualifier Winner of that match will take on one of the best first-round matches going around Moussedi taking on the number four seed, Stephanos Siddi-Pass and if Moussedi can bring some form like he did last year That is going to be fire in that first round. So then look this part of the draw You can see Shapo, Diminor, Siddi-Pass, they could all play each other at some point And of course this part of the draw will take on the Rude section of the draw So we could be getting Rude versus Siddi-Pass. Hercatch versus Siddi-Pass. We could be getting Rude versus Shapo But who knows? I think Siddi-Pass and Rude though, they'll be liking their draw. And the bottom quarter now the top of the bottom quarter We've got the number seven seed Rubelev taking on Kwon. Winner of that match takes on either Manorino or Dalbonis in the second round Then we've got Pear versus Vashka. Winner of that match takes on either Garin or the number 30 seed Paul in the second round Then we've got 22nd seed Basila. It's really taking on Kressi. Winner of that match takes on either McDonald or a qualifier in the second round. Then we've got Bayanna versus Ott. Winner of that match takes on either another qualifier or Yannick Sinner, the 11th seed in the second round. So Sinner versus Rubelev could be a fourth round But other than that, I mean, I mean Garin, he's dangerous, but that's about it I mean Paul and Basilash really aren't really clay quarters. Basilash really is sometimes but not always Now the bottom section of the draw and this is where everyone wanted to be because of the players that are in this At the top of the draw, the number 16 seed or the top of this section, the number 16 seed Karina Buster taking on the wild card Simon, who's playing his last French Open So we'll see how he plays in front of his crowd. Winner of that match takes on either Vesely or Johnson in the second round. Then we've got Fucovic versus a qualifier The winner of that match will take on either Balash or the 20th seed Chilich in the second round. Then we've got Ketchmenovic versus Echeverry. Winner of that match takes on either Rindinik or Bublick in the second round. Then we've got Berenkis taking on Jera Winner of that match takes on either Bagnus or the number two seed, Daniel Medvedev And like I said, you want to be in that bottom section of the draw because Medvedev is not in great form and You can kind of take his spot if you beat him or if you, you know, if he loses You can take his spot in the draw and avoid all that top section till the final. Ketchmenovic Obviously the guy to watch out for, he's been the man for pretty much the entire year who's had very good results He's probably gonna get out of this. I mean, he could, there's a quarter final up for grabs for Ketchmenovic And of course this section of the draw will take on either Sinor or Rublev possibly in the quarter final So we could be getting, you know, Sinor versus Medvedev, Rublev versus Medvedev But more likely Rublev versus Ketchmenovic or Sinor versus Ketchmenovic In that section. So that could be interesting and of course this part of the draw will take on the Sidzee pass part So we could be getting Sidzee pass versus Rublev, Sidzee pass versus Sinor Sidzee pass Medvedev by some miracle like we'd had last year Again, you want to be down the bottom half and the players that are down the bottom half are gonna like their chances a lot more But who's gonna win this tournament? Who is going to win the French Open for 2022 now that we have the draw? Who are you picking? Let me know in the comments below. Let me know in the chat Who are you picking? Because Nadal and Djokovic and Elkvist do not have easy roads They've got the hardest roads possible Who is gonna win the French Open? Is it gonna be one of those guys or is it gonna be one of the guys down the bottom? I kind of like Sidzee pass's draw I think Sidzee pass has the best draw because Varev, Nadal, Djokovic and Elkvist all have to play each other Only one spot in the final and there's four guys that'll all be competing for it Sidzee pass could just walk into the final and be like I'll play the one who you know Had to fight their way to the stage, but then again go to goats and it's very hard to not pick goats, isn't it?