Random draws into a Pro tournament bracket have a way of matching higher- and lower-ranked competitors in the early stages of an event. It’s designed that way to facilitate matchups between an event’s best players towards the end of an event, thereby enhancing spectator interest, often reflected in on-site ticket sales or pay-per-view streamed broadcasts. It also tends to create an ‘early mindset’ among players at the start of a tournament, an expectation that they’ll have some time to get ‘in stroke’ against competitors they don’t know, before facing stronger competitors that they do know. Not always, of course, because […]
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