British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

9vicman wrote:

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PaulM wrote:

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Why is potentially losing more top 16 seeds in the early rounds automatically a bad thing? Everyone moans when they steamroll through unchallenged to the second week, and when upsets happen people moan a bunch of big names have gone out early doors.

And CD thank you. It's a valid basis for an opinion haha!

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 People moan. Period. I think 32 seeds fairer to be honest. With so much money and points at stake, the idea that someone ranked No. 70 could be the highest ranked player in a section of four players seems a little FA-Cuppy, and a contrast to the rest of the circuit.

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 Its also more consistent across the tour - 8 seeds, 32 draw aligns with 32/128

christ wrote:

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They could just make it 128 seeds; that would make everyone's planning easier.

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 I actually like the idea of a draw that's based on some logic of everyone knowing who they're playing, and of course it can't be fixed as there are too many players who may have unexpected results.