Since last year I have already felt that the draw is the same or similar every week. But I thought at first it was just my personal feeling. Then when I chat randomly with other players they get the same feeling. And some other things also tended to confirm my thought.
1. Algo, the moderator, is in Madrid singles Qualification when he is ranked 29. He should definitely be in the main draw according to his ranking. This either means that the draw is manually made or there is something wrong with the automated draw generator.
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2. In Australian Open, inactive players who didn’t even queue (such as deguan, jhon-dim) are put into the draw, and even banned players are put there (such as Nadi madi and the Joker). When I ask mod Algo why is it the case, he told me: “it isn’t your business because I can suspense players’ ban when I want and it is funny to see the Joker play with Nadi madi.” on skype.
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So
2.1 Where are the rules if mods can suspense bans according to his will?
2.2 Is it appropriate that when a player enquires mods decision, mods reply with the authoritarian attitude of “none of your business”? Some other players tell me this too when they ask mods about tour things.
2.3 Don’t mods realize putting banned and inactive players into the draw would lead to unbalanced draw? When they cannot play, the section of that draw becomes empty immediately. This isn’t fair to other players who are in tougher section because of this. And it makes people suspect even more if mods are put into the emptier sections.
3. Mess in Davis Cup’s draw. First, Serbia, the defending champion, wasn’t even put into the draw. And somehow Bosnia got 4th seed, which I don’t think have great performances in Davis Cup in the past. Then after Serbia pointed out the issue, the mod didn’t re-release the draw but just manually replacing Serbia with Bosina’s original placement. So you can still see the different font size. Are you calling this random draw when it can be changed manually?...And how come mods always make mistakes?...
http://tenniselbowtour2.webs.com/Davis%20Cup%202015.pdf
4. Incredible coincidence in draws. Many players tell me they always draw the same guys in the same section. That means they meet as early as possible. Some of them have played with the same guy over 4 times this season. And there are lots of back-to -back R1 meetings. And since I follow doubles tour more often, I’d use doubles tour as example. Let’s look at IW and Miami doubles, the first two masters of the season.
IW:
Upper half:
1st seed Heinrich draws 8th seed Sorana
4th seed Nadi madi draws 7th seed Andre Tomas
Bottom half:
3rd seed Dr. Ivo draws 5th seed Zugzwang
2nd seed ShoNe draws 6th seed MarkChan
Maimi:
Upper half:
1st seed Heinrich draws 8th seed Sorana
4th seed Nadi madi draws 7th seed Andre Tomas
Bottom half:
3rd seed Dr. Ivo draws 5th seed Zugzwang
2nd seed ShoNe draws 6th seed MarkChan
The seed placements are 100% the same! How’s it possible?
And then Madrid’s doubles draw is similar to Monte Carlo’s too. I drew Sorana and ShoNe drew Maryan again for 1-4 vs 5-8 seeds. And ShoNe told me he always draws Maryan in doubles this year. When Maryan wasn’t seeded, he plays him in his opener (Rio de Jeneiro and Acapulco) When now Maryan is seeded and they can meet no earlier than QF, ShoNe gets him in QF every time (Monte Carlo and Madrid).
5. Personal Experiences: There are many more examples related to these coincidences. I don’t want to put words into people’s mouths and I’d prefer let them speak about their personal experiences in this post. I’d only share my personal experience here. So I get the KING for two consecutive weeks in singles in early rounds now. (Bucharest and Madrid) In doubles I get VampireZattitude all the time since last year. We meet as early as possible every time. In Metz we played in R2(she got a bye for R1 as 1st seed). Same situation in Shanghai and Australian Open when I was not seeded (that means two more R2 meetings). Now I am seeded and we cannot meet before SF. And unsurprisingly she was drawn to my 1/2 half. So I draw her as early as possible for four consecutive tournaments that both of us are present. Coincidence, again?...
In brief, why are there are so many “coincidences” (bracketing this word because I doubt if that’s really random coincidence). And why are there are so many errors in draws every time? Can someone please look into it to see whether there are some bugs or there’s problem with the ways of making draws that make it not random at all? Or is there some human factors that make draws manually and we, normal players, aren’t kept from knowing? I’d also welcome other players to express their own experiences and views. Because some players tell me they think mods are always able to get weak draw and avoid certain players.(and consequently RL or WO that favors certain players) As I am not familiar with singles enough, I cannot judge but I welcome them to talk about it here because it has clearly something to do with the draw and the ways draws are made.
P.S. ShoNe told me to post on Off-Topic because he is afraid Algo would delete post…I have nothing personal against a particular mods though. But yeh at least posting on Off-Topic means nobody’s posts would be deleted or amended by tour mods so that they can express more freely in this controversial topic.