With that many matches left it could be that they didn't want to have to schedule the feature table because of the gaps. On the back table they can just run back to back to back until they get to the last couple of matches. Maybe that's what drove the decision.We've seen enough one pocket. It's time for nine ball. Sigh. The good news is that neither player will be eliminated.
With all three players holding buybacks, to eliminate two of those we need a minimum of four matches. There might be five matches, if the final winner has to use his buyback.