 Alright, so the Australian Open Draw has just come out for the men and the ladies. We're gonna go through the ladies draw first for this event, and man, there are some crazy first round matchups. But let's go through the players that are not playing, because there's some big names that are actually not playing. The big names that are not playing in this event, we have Mukava, she's pulled out, Madison Keys has also pulled out. Both with injury. Gavidava, she's pulled out because she's having a baby, as is Belinda Benchich. They're all having, both of them are having babies, so they're not gonna be playing for the rest of the year. But let's go to the top of the draw, because this draw is insane. So top of the draw, we've got, of course, 32 seeds in this one, no buyers in the Grand Slams, and you can see there, Sviantech. She takes on Safir Kenan in the first round. The former champion versus the world number one, the champ v champ first round, insane, and it doesn't get any easier. The next match being Collins versus Kerber, so the winner of Sviantech Kenan plays the winner of Collins versus Kerber. Then you've got a qualifier taking on the wild card Kessler. Winner of that will take on either Nuskova or the 31st seed Buzkova in the second round. Then you've got Svetlina, the 19th seed taking on the wild card Preston. Winner of that will take on either Dey or Tomova in the second round. Then you've got Christian taking on Siniakova. Winner of that will take on either Golovic or the number 15 seed Kudamatova. So, interesting section, of course, the first rounds for Sviantech are crazy. First, second rounds are not gonna be fun for Sviantech. Then we go to Osta Penko, number 11 seed. She takes on Birol, the wild card in the first round. Winner of that takes on either Mardic or Lanovich in the second round. Then you've got Minden taking on Towson. Winner of that will take on either Georgie or the number 18 seed Azarenka. Then you've got Navarro, the 27th seed taking on Wong. Winner of that will take on either Chokyureto or a qualifier. Then you've got Vikmayer taking on Gracheva. Winner of that will take on either another qualifier or the number 7 seed Vondrusova. So, that part of the draw, I mean, obviously, for Sviantech, it's not fun because you've got Osta Penko and you've got Azarenka and even Vondrusova, Wimbledon champion there. But this is an interesting section. Vondy hasn't been great lately, you know, Osta Penko is hit and miss. Azarenka's got a little bit of an injury worry. Navarro, I think, did pretty well in Auckland. I can't remember exactly because this section of the draw will take on the Sviantech section potentially in a quarter-final matchup. So, we could be getting Sviantech taking on Vondrusova. We could be getting Sviantech taking on Osta Penko. And we all know that Osta Penko doesn't lose to Sviantech, especially, we've seen her in the majors, especially last year at the US Open. We could be getting Sviantech taking on Azarenka if we want to go with that one. But, man, that is a very top-heavy section of the draw. Some massive names. I mean, Sviantech has to get through some kills. Next section of the draw now, we've got the number three seed rebounder. She takes on Plisca in the first round. So, the seeds are just getting in the top of the draw anyway, just getting real tough matches. Winner of that will take on either Buxa or Blinkova in the second round. Then you've got Maria taking on Osorio. Winner of that will take on either Schneider or the number 26 seed Polini in the second round. Then you've got Kalanina in the 24th seed taking on Ruz. Winner of that will take on either Kallanskaya or a qualifier. Then you've got Sloane Stevens taking on the wildcard Kedetsky. Winner of that will take on either Stearns, with another 14 seed Kazakina in the second round. That first round sucks for Pliscava, but, I mean, it looks pretty nice after that. Not too many heavy hitters, a lot of, you know, good defensive players, but Pliscava is a very tough player. I mean, they're both very, they're probably, I mean, almost identical to the way that they play each other. So, I don't know, I don't think it's that bad if she can get through that first round. Maybe there's some random obstacles, but I think pretty manageable for Rabakna. Then you've got the number 12 seed Zhang taking on Kruger. Winner of that will take on either Bolta or Yuan in the second round. Then you've got Raducana versus Rogers, probably the best unseeded matchup going into the first rounds. Rogers coming back from, I think, a bit of time off. Raducana, of course, on the comeback from injury. Very fun first round. Both very dangerous, but they're best. Winner of that will take on either Wong or Kastea, the 22nd seed in the second round. Then you've got Zhu, the 29th seed taken on Dodden. Winner of that will take on either Qualifier or Treveson. Then you've got Krunich taken on Burrow. Winner of that will take on either a Qualifier and the number five seed Pagula in the second round. This section's strange because, you know, there are names. Obviously, Kastea has played well. Zhang is, you know, we're all waiting for her to do something at a slam, make a final or something like that. Pagula, of course, has a quarter-final block that she's trying to overcome. And maybe it happens here, maybe not. And of course, this section will play the Rabakna section in a quarter-final. So we're going to have potentially Rabakna taken on Pagula. We could have Rabakna taken on Zhang. That's a fun match-up. Maybe even Rabakna taken on Kastea. Or if you want to go crazy, and this one's for the Rado Kano fans, maybe we get Rabakna taken on Rado Kano. And of course, this section in the semifinals takes on the Shrion-Tek section. So of course, Shrion-Tek Rabakna. That is the big one that could happen. We could get Shrion-Tek taken on Pagula. If Pagula can get through that quarter-final hump, and also maybe even Shrion-Tek taken on Zhang, if you want to go with, if you want to put more faith in Zhang to go and make her first semifinal at a major. But very, very top-heavy sections of the draw, with a lot of big names playing in that section. To the bottom half of the draw, we've got Maria Sacre, the number eight seed, taken on Abino. Winner of that will take on either Bay or Abanesian in the second round. Then we've got Kostjuk taken on Lu. Winner of that will take on either Sharif, with the 25-seed Mertens in the second round. Then you've got the 20-seed Lynette, who made the semis here last year, taken on Wozniakki, who won the tournament back in 2019, 2018. So that's a very tough first round, especially for Lynette, who has a lot of points to defend. Winner of that will take on either Kornay, who, I think, is playing the last Oz Open. She plays a qualifier first round. Then you've got Tormo taken on another quality. Winner of that will take on either Frubitoba, with the number 10 seed, Adajmaya. Again, another open section of the draw. Sacre, if she plays her best, should get through. Adajmaya could make a surprise. Obviously Wozniakki will get a lot of headlines if she can beat Lynette in that first round. And maybe she has a fairy tower run, kind of like Svetilina did at Wimbledon last year. Next section of the draw, you've got Garcia, the 16-seed, taken on Osaka. Best first round going around. I mean, Kenan, Trionsek's good. This one is three sets written all over. It's great to see them play this early. Winner of that will take on either Freyr or Savill, the wild card in the second round. Then you've got Putnsever taken on a qualifier. Winner of that will take on either Yuvan, with the number 23 seed, Kotopova, in the second round. Then you've got the 32nd seed, Fernandez, taken on a quality. Winner of that will take on either Parkes, or another quality. Then you've got Dolahide taking on another quality. Winner of that will take on either Schmidlova, or the number four seed, Goff, in the second round. So a lot of qualities in that little section for Goff, but of course, there is also a killer there, with Fernandez, who we know can beat anybody. This section, of course, plays the Zachary section, so it could be Goff taken on Zachary. If you wanna go with the big names, it could be Goff taken on a Dajmire. If you wanna go something a little different, it could be Goff versus Wozniaki, which I think we saw at the US Open last year. Or if you wanna go a little bit different, you could go with Zachary taken on Fernandez, which I think might have been a matchup we've seen recently, I can't remember off the top of my head, or Zachary Osaka, if you wanna be a little bit different with that as well, or even Zachary taken on Garcia. I mean, that's been a match over the last couple of years we've seen a lot when they were in the top ten together. On the bottom half of the draw, the bottom quarter of the draw, Jabir, the number six seed, she takes on a quality. Winner of that will take on either Andraba, or Perra, in the second round. Andraba Jabir, second round, that is Fire. Then you've got Rackam over taken on Bectis. Winner of that will take on either Parry, or the 30th seed, Wong, in the second round. Then you've got Elegant Draba, the 17th seed, taken on Sigmund. Winner of that will take on either Qualifier, or Irani, in the second round. Then you've got Corpash taken on Burridge. Winner of that will take on either Huntama, or number nine seed, Krajikovar, in the second round. This section's interesting, because you think that Jabir should get through, but Andraba is a nightmare. So that's gonna be tough in that second round. Krajikovar's not been great, so again, Jabir would like her chances if she can get through Andraba. And that's not a given. Andraba, we know what she can do. Krajikovar, we all know what she can do as well, but she hasn't been good enough lately to kind of instill any confidence. Next section of the draw, the last section of the draw, we've got Sampson over the 13th seed, taken on Nisimovar, that is tough for both. Nisimovar on the comeback, Sampson over, not playing well. Very tough first round match for both. Winner of that will take on either Potoroska, or Zedanshek, in the second round. Then you've got Townsend taken on Bedosa. Winner of that will take on either Pavlyachenkova, or Vekish, the 21 seed, in the second round. Then you've got Sarenko, the 28th seed, taken on Bronzetti. Winner of that will take on either Massarova, or Sasnovich, in the second round. Then you've got Bogdan taken on Qualifier. Winner of that will take on either Qualifier, or the number two seed, Sabalenka. Sabalenka's got the best draw. I mean, Qualies, unless they're bad Qualies, but they should be good. I mean, they should be manageable. Sarenko's manageable. I mean, Sampson over might not even get out of the first round. Same with Vekish. She might play Bedosa, and she's friends with Bedosa, but also can beat her. And then Jaburra in the quarters. I mean, Sabalenka to the quarters is a very nice, nice path. And of course, this section of the draw will take on Jaburra sections, but possibly we do get Sabalenka-Jaburra in a quarter-final. Possibly Sabalenka versus Krajikova, which wouldn't be great, because Sabalenka has had her battles against Krajikova in the past. And then this section take on the golf section in the semis. So it could be Sabalenka versus Goff in the semifinals. It could be Jaburra versus Goff in the semis. It could be Sabalenka versus Osaka, if you want to dream big. It could be Sabalenka versus Sakuri, or even Sakuri versus Jaburra in the semis. If you want to go a little wild, but I think Sabalenka in the semis, even making the final again, seems very, very legit. Let me know down in the comments below. What, if you're watching this later, who do you think's gonna win the Australian Open based on the draw? Who do you think's got the best draw? I mean, Sabalenka, right? I mean, that's the answer. Who's got the worst draw? Shfiontech on paper has the worst draw, in my opinion, but maybe you see it differently. But man, what a crazy Australian Open draw. Starts on Sunday, one day early, so make sure you set your alarms. So watching first round Sunday, we're gonna see some of these matches.