 The Australian Open draw has officially come out and we need to go through the withdrawals for the ladies So starting with the withdrawals so far for the ladies draw for the Australian Open 2023 So we have five players that have withdrawn Simone Halop. She's withdrawn or at least she's on the withdrawal list She didn't actually put her name into the into the draw, but she is not gonna play Darius Savill also withdrawn Wong has withdrawn Torma also out and Neymar Saka has also withdrawn from the event Okay, let's start with the top section of the draw. Of course, there is 32 seeds out of slam No one gets to buy in the first round and eager Shfiontech She will take on Neymar the player that almost beat her at the US Open last year in the fourth round That's a very tough matchup for Shfiontech to start winner of that match will take on either Udvati or Osorio in the second round Then we got two qualifiers going at it winner of that qualifier battle will take on either Bianca on Drescu or the number 25 seed was cova in the second round So potentially Shfiontech on Drescu third round or maybe it was cova if you want to go with the seed Then you've got the 20 second seed Rabakina taking on Chucky Areto winner of that match takes on either Uvarn or Qualifier in the second round. We've got another qualifier taking on Mukava winner of that match takes on either Kellen Skaia or the number 13 seed Collins in the second round potentially fourth round could be Rabakina taking on Shfiontech could be Collins taking on Shfiontech in the fourth round. Alright, so there you go Second the next section of the draw you've got Bodosa the number 11 seed take on McNally first round winner of that match Takes on either Rakamova or Bandal in the second round Then you've got Bondair taking on Bogdan winner of that match takes on either Yastreb Scott or the number 17 seed OstaPenko in the second round so Bodosa OstaPenko possible third round matchup Then you've got Zhang the 29 seed taking on Gelfel winner of that match takes on either Perra or Uchiyama in the second round Then you've got Rado Khanna taking on Corpatch winner of that match takes on either Siniyakova or the number seven seed Goff in the second round and again potential fourth round matchups between Zhang and Bodosa Goff versus Zhang could be a third round OstaPenko also floating around but the main thing is Shfiontech taking on Goff by the seedings could be a quarter final Zhang versus Shfiontech quarter final Bodosa quarter final against Shfiontech OstaPenko could be the quarter final opponent for Shfiontech. Okay, let's go to the next section now We start at the top with another three seed Pagula taking on Christian in the first round winner of that match takes on either a Qualifier or Sassnovich in the second round then we've got another qualifier taking on the wildcard Gedecki winner of that match takes on either Kostjuk on the number 28 seed and Nisimova in the second round So when Nisimova Pagula third round potential then you've got Krajikova the 20th seed taking on Quali Winner of that match takes on either the wildcard Gibson or another qualifier Then you've got another qualifier in this section taking on Kalanina winner of that match takes on either and Van Udbank or The number 15 seed Kovitava. So Kovitava, Krajikova could be a third round Kovitava versus Pagula fourth round now Kovitava did beat Pagula in the in the United Cup earlier last week So two weeks ago. So that's a tough matchup. All right next part of the draw number 10 seed Madison Keyes takes on Blinkova in the first round winner of that match takes on either Wong or Hunter the wildcard Tomatowicz takes on Potorosko winner of that match takes on either Kennan or Azarenka 24th seed Azarenka that is insane. That is insane. Azarenka Kennan former champions going out in the first round Then we've got Taikman taking on Dart winner of that plays either Zoo or Merino in the second round Then we've got Kachova taking on a qualifier winner of that match takes on either Yuan or another seed Zachary in the second round So look it doesn't get again started crazy a little bit less crazy now potential quarter-final opponent between Zachary and Pagula if you're going by the seeds or if you want to go with something a little bit more random Maybe you go with Keyes taking on Pagula Kovitava taking on Zachary quarter-final and remember this section of the draw place Fiontech section. So Pagula taking on Taking on Shriontech semi-final Zachary versus Shriontech semi-final if you're gonna go by the seeds Goff Taking on Zachary if she upsets Shriontech along the way or Pagula versus Goff also a possible semi-final in the top half of The draw all right next section of the draw the top section of the bottom half starting at the top here with Kazakina number eight seed taking on Gracheba winner of that match takes on either a qualifier or Tatiana Maria in the second round Then you got Kosteva taking on puttenseva winner of that match takes on either Wong or the 30th seed Pliskeba in the second round Then we've got song take the 23rd seed taking on Teague winner of that match takes on either Martich or Golubic in the second round and you got a qualifier taken on Rodina winner of that match takes on either Zenevska or the number 9 seed Kudomitoba So potentially a quarter-final there between or a fourth round there between Kudomitoba and Kazakina who I think played at the French Open last year very nice draw for Kazakina and Kudomitoba I mean the Russians have a good draw in this section Let's go to the next part of this draw starting with Contavate the number 16 seed taking on Grabber in the first round second round Potentially between Sharif and Lynette then you got Parry and Townsend the two wild cards going at it winner of that match takes on either Bonaventure the number 19 seed Alexandrova in the second round then you got Begu the 27th seed taking on Jung Winner of that match takes on either Bronzetti or Sigamund in the second round Then you've got one of the best first rounds going around Fernandez taking on Cornei winner of that match takes on either a qualifier or the number 4 seed Garcia I mean that is a banger section of the draw Fernandez versus Garcia or even Cornei Garcia very very fun Cornei played really well here last year as well So very fun part of the draw there a little less intense, I guess but you know Garcia is gonna like that She's got some good and definitely I would say the best probably so far the best draw Of course quarter-final potential as well between Garcia and Kazakina who had played an epic match last year at the WT finals that went all the way down to a tie break Kudamatova could take on Garcia if we're going by the seeds But man, yeah Garcia's got to like that draw. All right last section of the draw now This is going to be interesting because you got number five seed Sabalenka taking on Martin Kober first round That's fun. Winner of that match takes on either a qualifier or Shelby Rogers who is a dangerous player in every single draw Davis takes on Covenantch winner of that match takes on either Mughal Ruther or the 26th seed Mertens in the second round Mertens versus Sabalenka third round potential because uh, and they've they've been uh Doubles partners in the past so that could be a fun reunion Then you got the 21st seed trevison taking on a qualifier winner of that takes on either Pavlya Chankova or Georgie in the second round Then you've got Lou taken on brengel winner of that match takes on either Tomova or the 12th seed Benchich so Benchich versus Sabalenka possible fourth round matchup if we're going by the seeds And the last section of the draw you've got Hadad Mayer the 14th seed taken on Diaz Winner of that takes on either Stevens or Popova in the second round Then you've got Beckage taken on qualifier Winner of that match takes on either Polini or the number 18 seed Sampsonova in the second round then Canepi The 31st seed takes on Birral the wild card in the first round Winner of that plays either Fruvatova or another wild card Foles in the second round Then you got risk Amritraj taken on von Drussever very fun first round Winner of that will take on either Zedanshek or the number two seed Jabir in the second round Jabir versus Hadad Mayer fourth round that's fun Sampsonova versus Jabir fourth round Canepi versus Jabir third round all very tough matches Of course this section of the draw will take on the other part of the draw here So Sabalenka Jabir possible quarter final Benchich Jabir also possible quarter final And of course this section takes on Garcia section So we could be getting Garcia taking on Jabir. We could be getting Kazakina taking on Jabir We could be getting Sabalenka taking on Kazakina or Garcia And many other things in between but that is the women's draw. That's the women's draw for 2023 tough for Shveontek Very very top heavy draw for sure gets a little bit light in the middle there with Garcia I think she's probably got the best draw based on rankings and also based on the opponents around her Top section is tough Shveontek toughest draw but let me know down in the comments below I'm still picking her to win. Let me know down in the comments below Who do you think is going to win the Australian Open for the ladies and do you think Shveontek is going to get Further in the draw than maybe the first week because the first week is tough She could lose in the first round third round fourth round quarter fine I mean Shveontek is very tough. I like Garcia's draw though. I think Garcia's got a very good draw Say to Sabalenka Sabalenka's got a pretty good draw as well So if you want to go a little bit outside but tough draw for the top seed at the Australian Open this year