 what's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and we have the guitar open and it's a very special event and I know that you guys out there that love Roger Federer you've been waiting for this day let's go to the withdrawals before we get to the draw though so a couple of players have withdrawn Kevin Anderson he's pulled out Carino Buster is also out her catch Gail Monfice is also not playing this event all right let's go to the top of the draw of this ATP 250 event the top four seeds get a buy in the first round and Dominic team he's back since the Australian Open of course played a couple of tough matches at the Australian Open lost in the fourth round he'll be looking for some form he's going to play a wild card in the second round no matter what we have Zahid and then we have Carrotsev of course making the semi-files the Australian Open so Carrotsev versus team that's a tough match for Dominic team in his comeback then we have a qualifier versus Bublek who's in some great form beat Sashas Vairav last week winner of that's going to play either Opelka or the number five seed Patisserie Gou and that is such a great matchup we've got a big server versus a great returner so that's a great popcorn match circle that one then we've got the number three seed and defending champion Rubelev getting a buy in the first round he'll play the winner of Gaskay or a qualifier in the second round then we have Lyovic versus Fuchovic two players who are in a little bit of form over the last couple of weeks winner of that's going to play either a qualifier or seventh seed Stan Bobrinka so Stan the man he's played well at this event in the past and be looking to do something similar this year with a good draw but big names I know you've got team you've got Rubelev you've got Stan the man there's a couple of good unseeded players as well Fuchovic he's in some form Carrotsov we all know he's in form and Bublek as well has made a couple of finals in 2021 so watch out for all those names in this top half all right let's go to the bottom half of the draw now you've got the number six seed Gophane he versus Kryanovich in the first round that's a fun match winner of that match is going to play the Sonigo or Fritz in the second round then we have a qualifier versus Pospisul in the first round winner of that match is going to play number four seed Shapovalov who we haven't seen seems like for a long time because he lost kind of early at the Australian Open so we haven't seen him for a few weeks now but he's back in Doha then we've got the number eight seed Chorich versus Gisiri in the first round Chorich is in some form made the Rotterdam final this week winner of that match is going to play the Basilashvili or Milman in the second round then we have Shadi versus Evans and that is a fun match between two unseeded players but very good unseeded players and the winner of that gets to play against number two seed Roger Federer for the first time since the Australian Open last year we're talking about Roger Federer we're talking about Roger in a draw very excited to watch him we're going to be watching him a lot this week and I've got to be honest he's got a pretty good draw there are some names that maybe can cause him some troubles Chorich Milman they've pushed Federer in the past but Federer's got to be happy with this draw even if he gets to the semi-finals he won't be too worried about Shapovalov or Goffin so Federer has got a great draw could make the final in his comeback so there you have it Federer is back teams back and Rubelev is continuing his tournaments he's played a lot of tournaments over the last couple of weeks since making that quarterfinal of the Australian Open played Rotterdam last week he's playing this week and I think he's playing Dubai next week so watch out Rubelev's playing a lot of tennis but we all want to watch Roger Roger's back first time in a year let me know down in the comments below who's winning this event it's very wide open do you think Federer has a chance so a very strong tournament for an ATP 250 you've got Grand Slam champions you've got great next-gen guys and it's very hard to pick as well but I'm going to go with Rubelev Rubelev's in such great form at the moment I'm going to pick him to win this tournament just based on recent form played really well in Rotterdam last week he beat Sidney Pass along the way and of course they quarterfinal of the Australian Open I'm only worried that he's not going to be fit enough coming into Doha but I'm going to stick with him I think Rubelev is the man again let me know down in the comments below who do you think's going to win so Roger Federer he's back in the draw in Doha