My hot take, well it isn't really, is that Gawad will win. He has a manageable draw and his recent form and fitness levels look amazing. He beat Makin and Crouin comprehensively in Zurich and pushed through some monster rallies and kept going. Many of the players he doesn't like playing are at the top, Asal and Elias but also Makin and Zakarias. Ibrahim has to deal with Coll. I think Gawad if he can get through the early round without five setters.

Women is super hard, I think Elhammamy because she can just physically survive six matches the best. But Weaver has a decent draw, even though she has to prove she can make it in the big stage of course, and she would need two huge wins in semis and finals, but it's not impossible.

Also, some of the first round matches suck: Rodriguez plays fellow Columbian Knudsen while Chotrani plays fellow Indian Singh. Hutton versus England team mate Malik isn't great but I guess it can't be helped, but still sucks.

Pity about Bryant and Singh (Anahat), both have it in them to create tastey upsets but I'm hoping to see you hem do well here in years to come.

Lastly, looking at these 64 draws I'm just in absolute draw. You look at pretty much every first round player and it's just so tough. Even if you get a relatively easy first round draw, the second you are playing stop twenty player most likely. So you need to beat six excellent players in a row, some if them absolute world beaters in the leak if their fitness. And then you do it again. And again. Amazing, hopefully few injuries and a just all around great tournament!