 The first Masters 1000 event on the WTA is coming out and it has come out. The Dubai Championships huge event on the WTA. A lot of players are playing from the top 10 and from the top 20, but there's a couple of names that are not playing as well. So let's go to the withdrawal list when we start. But here is the withdrawal list on the two players out of the event, Anstra Burr and Annette Contebaite both pulling out of the event. Anstra Burr got surgery, so she pulled out and Contebaite, I think also got injured. So two names that will not be playing in the event this year. Okay, here it is. The draw for Dubai. Let's look at the top section of the draw here. You can see there, buy for the first round for the top eight seeds. They've got 16 seeds in this one. Fiontech, she gets to buy in the first round. Winner of that match will take Fernandez or a qualifier in the second round. So not an easy start there. Then you've got Zheng versus Song. Winner of that match will take on either Bodosa or the 14th seed Sampsonova. Now remember Sampsonova and Zheng both in form. So that's gonna be a tough road there for Fiontech if she has to play one of those. Then you've got number 10 seed Kudamatova taking on Kalanina. Winner of that match will take on either a qualifier or Kornay in the second round. Then you've got Pliscova versus Vondrusova. Winner of that will play the number 16, Sakari in the second round. So possible third round matchups between Fiontech, Sampsonova or maybe Fiontech, Zheng and then possible quarterfinal matchups for Fiontech either Kudamatova who she just beat the other day. Sakari possibly in the quarterfinals as well. So pretty tricky road for Fiontech especially early on in this event. Second section of the draw now. You've got the number four seed Garcia. She gets by in the first round. Winner of that, she'll play the winner of either a qualifier or keys in the second round. Then you've got Anissamova taking on Zvonoraeba. Winner of that match will take on either Pavlyachenkova on the number 15 seed Azarenka in the second round. Then you've got the number nine seed Rabakina taking on Andrescu which is probably the biggest first round match of the tournament. It's the most stacked first round match. Champ versus champ, both have a slam to their name. Winner of that match will take on either Kennan or Puzkova in the second round. Then you've got Sastavic taking on a qualifier. Winner of that match will take on the number five seed Goff in the second round. So straight away you can see potentially a third round matchup between Rabakina Goff. That'll be fun. Garcia could take Azarenka in the third round and then the quarterfinals could be a bunch of different names. By seeding you could get Garcia taking on Goff. But you could get Azarenka versus Goff. Azarenka's been in good form or Rabakina versus Azarenka. If you're going by 2023 form or maybe even Rabakina versus Garcia. Lot of names there. It's a very stacked section. That's probably the hardest section of the draw. Overall with some of the biggest names and they're all pretty much in form. All right, bottom section of the draw now. We've got the third section with Benchich, number 18, getting a buy in the first round. Winner of that match takes on either Oz or Kostuk in the second round. Then you've got Mukovic taking on Perra. Winner of that match takes on either Castello. The number 11 seed Haddad Mayer in the second round. Haddad Mayer's in some good form. Then you've got Alexandrova, the number 16 seed taking on Rodgers. Winner of that match will take on a qualifier in the second round because there's two qualies going at it. Then you've got Canepi taking on another qualifier. Winner of that will take on Pagula, the number three seed in the second round. This is probably the easiest part of the draw. Benchich, Pagula, both in really good form and maybe Haddad Mayer. Everyone else is sort of not really doing that well this year. The big names should get through in this one. Potentially a third round between Benchich and Haddad Mayer. That's fun. And possibly a quarter-final matchup between Pagula and Benchich. Maybe Pagula and Haddad Mayer if you want to go a little bit different in that one. But that seems to be one of the easiest sections of this draw. And the bottom section of the draw started with the number seven seed Kazakina. She gets a buy in the first round. Winner of that, she'll play the winner of Bogu or Krajikova in the second round. Tough matchup there in the second round of its Krajikova for Kazakina. You've got Mardic taking on Putinseva. Winner of that match takes on either Treveson or the 12th seed Kavitava in the second round. Then you've got Osta Penko, the defending champion and 13th seed taking on a qualifier. Winner of that match takes on either Frivetova or Collins who are going at it in the first round. Very fun first round matchup there. Possible second round matchup between Collins and Osta Penko, which I think we saw a couple of weeks ago. Then you've got Taikman taking on Potapova. Winner of that will take on the number two seed Sabalenko, who's back for the first time since the Australian Open. So that's a very interesting section of the draw. Not the hardest section for the big names, but not easy. You could be getting a Kazakina versus Kavitava third round. Osta Penko, Sabalenko third round. That's fun. That's a lot of fun. And if you're going to go with the quarterfinals, potentially it's going to be by seedings. Kazakina versus Sabalenko. Possibly Kavitava Sabalenko if you want to go with someone who maybe is a little bit more reliable at this stage or maybe even Osta Penko, Kavitava if you want to go a little bit more random as well. So a stacked, stacked draw. Like I said, it's almost, it does feel like a mini slam, but that's what 1,000 events are supposed to feel like. They're supposed to be smaller versions of Grand Slam Tennis. I'm going to be honest, I think Bencic has the best draw. She's in the best form as well. And Pagula, I think they've got the best section of the draw. You want to be in the bottom half, but let me know who's going to win this event. Is it going to be Sveontek? Is she going to keep her good form going as she's played well in Doha? Or is it going to be someone like Sabalenko who's down the bottom with a little bit easier draw? I'm like in Bencic or Pagula to be honest. I think they've got the best draw and they're also in form. So it works out well. And I think Sveontek has a very tough, not only section, but also half, top half of the draw. Also Rabakiner and Garcia and Zachary all in that top half. So I'm going to go with someone down the bottom half and I'm probably going to go with Pagula or Bencic. But let me know down in the comments below. You're watching this later. Who's going to win Dubai?