 What's going on everybody welcome back to another draw preview and we have a big event this week the Miami open It's a WTA and ATP event going on at the same time in the one venue It's a big big event for the women, but a lot of players have pulled out Let's go check it out So the players that have pulled out so far before the tournament started we have her cog Shay Kazakina's pulled out which is unfortunate because she's been a little bit of form lately Lee Mokova Pavlochenkova Strick of his pulled out Teague van Udvank Vekage is also pulled out and the biggest thing to pull out Serena Williams She is not playing the Miami open and also your strength is still on a provisional suspension. All right starting at the top of the draw There are 96 players playing this event 32 seeds and all 32 seeds get a buy in the first round So this is like a mini grand slam with the number of players that are playing top seed ash party and the defending champion Of course from 2019 she gets a buy in the first round to play a qualifier in the second round No matter what because we've got two qualities going at it in the first round So good start for body. Let me have Oster Penko versus the wild card Wang winner of that match It's going to take a number 25 seed risk in the second round Then we have the number 24 seed Kerber already into the second round should play the winner of Hibino or a qualifier in the second round Then we have Mikhail versus Sigmund in that first round match winner of that gets to take a number 14 seed Azarenka in the second round and straight away you can see we have four grand slam champions in this part of the draw We have Bardi, Oster Penko, Kerber and Azarenka so a stacked part of the draw here for Bardi She's trying to defend all those points and defend the title. She might have to take on Azarenka in the fourth round That's a tough matchup second part of the draw now We have the number 11 seed Benchich getting a buy in the first round She'll take the winner of Diaz versus Venus Williams in the second round so Venus versus Benchich That'll be a fun matchup. Then we have a qualifier versus Wang winner of that's gonna play against number 19 seed Vondra Sova in the second round then we have the number 32 seed Kudamatova getting a buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of Marjanovic or Collins who are playing in the first round Then we have a qualifier versus Kostjak the winner of that's gonna play against number seven seed Sabalenka so this part of the draw isn't as stacked as you probably expect Benchich has been okay this year Sabalenka's been good But other than that there's not too many players here that stand out especially on a hard court Don't forget the winner of this part of the draw in the quarterfinals will take on the top section of the draw So we could get Sabalenka versus Azarenka Sabalenka versus Bardi so remember that when we go forward third part of the draw now We've got Simone Halop the number three seed buying the first round She'll take on the winner of a qualifier versus Garcia in the second round Then we got another qualifier versus Sever Stover in the first round winner That's gonna take on number 31 seed Cocoa golf So straight away we could be getting a third round meeting between golf and Halop, which is gonna be a great matchup I'm very excited to see that one We've got number 18 seed Keys buying the first round she'll take on either Sinecova or the wild card Conju who are playing in the first round then we have Krajiekova versus Blinkova winner of that it's gonna take on number 15 seed Sveontech so again straight away you can see fourth round potential meeting between Halop and Sveontech It's been a fun match over the last six months that I've been looking forward to watching every single tournament They've both played and we could be getting that again in the Miami tournament maybe in the fourth round All right rounding out the top half of the draw now We have the number nine seed Caviteva she gets to buy in the first round She'll play the winner of Cornet versus Cousnets over in the first round So not an easy start for Caviteva who isn't a little bit of form She won a title a couple of weeks ago. Then we have Lynette versus the wild card Montgomery winner of that will take on number 17 seed Conta in the second round then we have the number 30 seed Alexandrova getting a buy in the first round she'll take on the winner of Potterosca or the wild card Sharif who are playing in the first round then we got a battle of the Americans in the first round Between Rogers and Bregel winner of that will take on number five seed Svetolina who hasn't been in the best form in 2021 she's lost matches that she should have won but maybe being the number five seed She might be able to sneak through the draw in this one. All right, let's go to the top of the bottom half now We've got the number eight seed Andrescu. She gets a buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of Svedova or a qualifier in the second round Then we have Stevens versus a qualifier in the first round winner That's going to take on number 28 seed Anissa Mova in the second round Then we have the number 20 seed Martich buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of the wild card Callanskaya or Begu in the second round then in the first round We've got Pedersen versus a wild card Wang winner of that will take on number 12 seed and probably the best player of 2021 Moogarutha and again you can see straight away fourth round Moogarutha Andrescu What a match that'll be if we can get it But don't sleep on Anissa Mova because she can produce some goods especially when she's playing in front of her home crowd So watch out for Anissa Mova, but I want to see Andrescu versus Moogarutha That'd be epic in the fourth round. All right going to the next part of the draw We have the number 13 seed Brady and of course the Australian Open finalist She gets a buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of Perra or Tormo in the second round and Tormo has been in some form So watch out for her then we have Kineppi versus Davis winner That's going to play number 21 seed Rybakina in the second round Then we have the number 27 seed Jabor getting a buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of Taikman or Bodosa in the second round Then we have Petkovich versus Zhang in the first round Winner of that's going to take on number four seed Sophia Kennan Who we haven't seen for a while So this is the first time we're going to see Kennan for a couple of months And I'm excited to see how she does here Especially in Miami being back in front of her home crowd You could say in the USA Going to the next part of the draw We have the number 6 seed Plishkova buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of Zheng or Ferro in the second round Then we have a qualifier versus the wildcard Sanders Winner of that's going to take on number 29 seed Pagula And straight away you can see that Plishkova might have to take on Pagula again In 2021 in the third round And Pagula's got the wins over Plishkova So Plishkova absolutely nightmare Third round matchup potentially against Pagula Who has beaten her a lot this year Then we have number 23 seed Sakari in the second round She'll be playing the winner of Baskova or Rus Who are playing in the first round Then we have Georgie versus a qualifier Winner of that will take on number 10 seed Bertens in the second round And this part of the draw wide open Pagula being informed Plishkova the highest seed in this part of the draw And Sakari, she looks like she's ready to do something good as well And Kiki Bertens still on the comeback So this part of the draw super wide open for me And rounding out the draw, the very bottom part of the draw We have Mertens The number 16 seed buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of Plishkova or Bolta in the second round Now of course that is not the main Plishkova It is the sister of Plishkova Then we have Kastea versus the wildcard Scott Winner of that's going to take on number 22 seed Contavit in the second round Then we have the number 26 seed Puttenseba Buy in the first round She'll take on the winner of Watson or a qualifier Who are playing in the first round Then we have Potapova versus Tom Mianovich In the first round, winner of that gets to take on the Australian Open Champion Number two seed Naomi Osaka Who we haven't seen since lifting the trophy in Australia So let's see how she does But there's some dangerous players here Tom Mianovich She almost beat Halep at the Australian Open Puttenseba's beaten Osaka in the past And also Mertens, she's been in some form So watch out Osaka Not an easy part of the draw for her So there you have it That is the draw for Miami And it is absolutely stacked It feels like a mini grand slam Except for all the buys in the first round Let me know down in the comments below Who do you think is going to win this event It's very wide open As the WTA always is But there are some names there that I like Especially because they've got nice draws as well So let me know down in the comments below Who is winning it for you So this was a very tough one to pick There are some players that have some good draws And I'm going to back Sabalenka To do something crazy here Because she has got a good draw She's probably in the easiest part of the draw for her And if she can get through players like Bardi or Azarenka Hela or Sveontek In the quarters and semifinals She can make it to the final quite easily So I'm going to back Sabalenka Who has been pretty good this year So again, let me know down in the comments below Who are you picking for this one So the Miami Open for the WTA It's absolutely stacked Can't wait to watch it next week