Improving the Wuhan Open and International Championship
by gninnur karona » 03 Sep 2023 Read
The draws for these two competitions which seed the top 64, made days apart, are based on the same ranking list.
The result as stands is that every player seeded from 5 to 60 will face the same opponent in round two of both competitions if both seeded players win their opening matches (the top four seeds only escape this scenario because they are not in the same seeded position in both draws).
One straightforward change would reduce the number of those potential clashes to zero.
Swap the matches in the second of these competitions involving seeds 7 & 8, 11 & 12, 15 & 16, and so on to 51 & 52, 55 & 56, and 59 & 60.
Effectively this would result in the odd-numbered seeds occupying the top half of the draw and the even-numbered seeds being placed in the bottom half. The second round would see 31 v 33 and 32 v 34 rather than 32 v 33 and 31 v 34. Furthermore this cascades into round 3 where 5 would meet 27 whilst 6 met 28 again preventing a double confrontation in the two competitions. And again for round 4 and onwards.
Simple to implement.
If only WST cared.
The result as stands is that every player seeded from 5 to 60 will face the same opponent in round two of both competitions if both seeded players win their opening matches (the top four seeds only escape this scenario because they are not in the same seeded position in both draws).
One straightforward change would reduce the number of those potential clashes to zero.
Swap the matches in the second of these competitions involving seeds 7 & 8, 11 & 12, 15 & 16, and so on to 51 & 52, 55 & 56, and 59 & 60.
Effectively this would result in the odd-numbered seeds occupying the top half of the draw and the even-numbered seeds being placed in the bottom half. The second round would see 31 v 33 and 32 v 34 rather than 32 v 33 and 31 v 34. Furthermore this cascades into round 3 where 5 would meet 27 whilst 6 met 28 again preventing a double confrontation in the two competitions. And again for round 4 and onwards.
Simple to implement.
If only WST cared.
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