 Welcome back to Tennis Talk, my name is Cam Williams and we have a WTA 500 event this week in the Czech Republic This Strava open and it's got some big names playing in this one So it's the first sort of big event after the US Open for the women and we've got some big names As I said, let's go have a look at the withdrawal list because there's some big names that are actually pulled out of this event Too having a look at the withdrawal list. We have Kredjikova. She's pulled out Mertens has also pulled out Martich, Pliskeva and Svetolina have all pulled out of this one There's some top ten players not playing this event. Alright, let's start at the top of the draw And we've got eight seeds in this one and the top four seeds get a buy in the first round Egas Fiontek, she is the number one seed and gets a buy in the first round in this one She awaits the winner of Zhang versus Putin's Seva who are going at it in the first round Then we've got a couple of qualifiers going at it in the first round Winner of that match will take on either Kudomitoba or the number seven seed Rebakina in the second round Then we've got the semi-finals of the US Open, Maria Sakari, number four seed gets a buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of either a qualifier or Osta Penko and Osta Penko has had a really good week this week on the Hardcore so it could be a very tough match for Sakari in that second round if she does play Osta Penko Then we've got a couple of Czech Wild Cards against each other Martin Kovar versus Sinia Kovar Winner of that match takes on either a qualifier for the French Open finalist and number five seed Pavle Cenkava So the players I'm watching out for in this one is Fiontek of course We've got to watch out for her and Sakari both the big seeds and interested to see how Sakari does after a Disappointing end to our US Open campaign a couple of weeks ago But also interested to see how Osta Penko does because she's had a good week this week on the hardcourts and playing herself into some forms So interested to see how she can back that up and potentially place Sakari in that second round Which will be a very very fun match to watch going to the bottom half of the draw now We've got the number eight seed Mukava She takes on a qualifier in the first round winner of that match takes on either Castella or Contivate in the second round then we have another qualifier versus Tormo winner of that match takes on the Number three seed Belinda Benchich who gets a buy in the first round Then we got the number six seed Kerber versus Taikman in the first round winner of that match takes on either risk or a Qualifier in the first round then we got the wild card Garcia versus Vadosa winner of that match takes on the number two seed Petra Kovitova who gets a buy in the first round So again probably going to be watching out for the big two seeds here with Benchich and Kovitova both hovering around the top Ten and looking to get it into the top ten and really battling it out for the WTA finals as well Which is happening at the end of the year but also keen to watch Kerber as well Kerber's come good over the last couple of months Of course made the semi-files of Wimbledon and did pretty well at the US Open as well So she is starting to come good again at the end of the season So interested to see how she does but Taikman is a very tough first-round opponent for her So we'll see if she can get through our first couple of rounds. Maybe Kerber can go far in this tournament So there it is the Astrova open into WTA 500 event a big tournament for the women and we've got some big names playing of Of course some top ten players some Grand Slam champions or former Grand Slam champions. It's gonna be an interesting match Let me know down in the comments below Who do you think's gonna win this one because we all know WTA is wide open But there are some names that maybe you can pick out of the hat because they've been in from form over the last couple of weeks Especially like Sakari, let's see how she can back up that semi-final the US Open a couple weeks ago So looking at the draw and seeing who has the best draw and we don't know no such thing as a best draw in the WTA Anything can happen, but only over Kovitova the number two seed to win this one I feel she's got a little bit more of a manageable draw and she is playing in front of her home crowd So maybe that'll make a difference. So I'll pick Kovitova in this one, but again, anything could happen We all know that again. Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's gonna win this one? So the Astrova open big tournament on the WTA just before Indian Wells. It's a big names of playing