 Welcome back to Tennis Talk, my name's Cam Williams and we have a WTA 500 event this week at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia It's a big tournament on the women's tour and it's the final massive tournament before the end of the season finals The WTA finals happening in Mexico in a couple of weeks time Let's go to the withdrawal list though because some big names have actually pulled out of this event So let's have a look at the players that have withdrawn. We've got Andrescu She's pulled out but Dosa also pulled out after making the final of Indian Wells Benchich Collins Martich Mertens and Rado Kanu, the US Open Champion has also pulled out of this one Starting at the top of the draw and we have eight seeds in this one with the top four seeds getting a five in the first round Savva Lenka, she's already qualified for the WTA finals But she was the number one seed getting a wild card into this one She'll play the winner of Samsonova and Tom Yanovich who are going at it in the first round Then we have Kazakina versus Kalanina. Winner of that plays Alexander Rovok or the number five seed Jabor who is fighting it out for a WTA final spot Another player that's fighting for a spot is the number three seed, Sarkary She gets a buy in the first round She'll buy the winner of Yastremska versus a qualifier who are going at it in the first round Then we've got Kudamatova taking on another qualifier. Winner of that match takes on either Potapova or the number eight seed Halib in the second round. Players you've got to watch out for Obviously Savva Lenka. We didn't see her at Indian Wells because she tested positive for COVID So she had to pull out of the event keeping an eye on her this week to get some much-needed form going into the end of The year finals. Also Sarkary lot on the line for her trying to make her first WTA finals and Jabor also in the same Boat of Sarkary trying to get into the WTA finals So a lot on the line this week for those names. Second half of the draw now We've got the number seven seed Rebakina taking on Vondrusova in the first round. That is a big first round match I've circled that as one to watch in the first round. Winner of that match takes on either Conservate or a qualifier in the second round Then we've got two qualifiers going at it in the first round. Winner of that match will take on the number four seed Pavlia Cenkava who is also fighting out for a WTA final spot So lot on the line for her at home number six seed Kerber. She takes on Siniy Kovar Winner of that match takes on either Osta Penko or Petkovich in the second round Then we've got another qualifier in this part of the draw taking on Martin Kovar. Winner of that match takes on the number two Seed Mugger Ruther. The players to watch out for you got to keep an eye on the two big seeds Mugger Ruther and Pavla Cenkava Both players playing for WTA final spots. Mugger Ruther is almost qualified to a good result here We'll get her into those finals Pavla Cenkava She's gonna have to probably get to the final or win this event to really stamp her mark on the WTA finals and Kerber Got to keep an eye on Kerber. She has a slim chance of making the WTA finals So if she performs well this week who knows we could be talking about her next week in the ranking show So there you have it a stacked event with a lot of big names and a lot on the line this week The final big event worth a lot of points in terms of the WTA finals coming up this week with a lot of contenders Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's gonna win this event? It's a WTA event We know that we found out I guess last week with Indian Wells that anything could happen in the WTA And a lot of players have got a lot on the line Even though they're big names someone could come out of the woodworks and win this match or win this tournament out of nowhere But let me know down in the comments below who do you think's gonna win taking a look at the draw And I think that I'm gonna go with Mugger Ruther to win this one I think the number two seed can get through she was unlucky last week She was in great form going into Indian Wells and then ended up losing really early on So I think after a bad loss there I think she'll rebound and do well at this event So I'm gonna go with Mugger Ruther to get the win and then that way she'll be qualifying for the WTA finals as well Again, let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's gonna win? So a WTA 500 event in Moscow, Russia with a lot on the line in terms of WTA finals