Terrible draw for Rhett Purcell. Volfson is potentially rougher than his ranking would suggest - he's a university student, so not playing full time. Last year he was ranked second among the newcomers at the outset of the year, though I haven't seen his name pop up much since.
I make that 11 wins in a row for Jay. Three more would probably see him in that magical Top 500 before the end of the year. Who would have believed that just a few weeks ago.