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TheSpadeWizard

9 out of the 16 players left in the Madrid draw on the men's side are not top 16 seeds. That means over 50% of the players left in the fourth round were not slated to get to this point in the tournament.

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The top quarter is only top 16 seeds (Alcaraz v Zverev, Rublev v Khachanov) which means the bottom 3 quarters are 75% players that are replacing some seed. 9 out of 12 players aren't top 16 seeds in the bottom three quarters.

The players are as follows:

Zhang, Karatsev, Zapata Miralles (versing Fritz, Medvedev, and Tsitsipas respectively)

Munar vs Altmaier Coric vs Davidovich Fokina Cachin vs Struff

A player in each of those Round of 16 matches is making a Madrid quarterfinal. And none were even supposed to get to this point...

Posted May 1, 2023, 10:21 PM UTC

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Ulic-Kel•

This trend will continue as Masters 1000 draws go from 48 to 96. This will result in more upsets of lower seeds and outcomes like this one.

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jsnoodlesclay girlie 🧡🧱•

It’s only 7 outside the top 16 for the women 💅

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TheSpadeWizardOP•

WTA in its consistent era in Madrid

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brilliantinemortal•

Honestly I prefer this, less predictable and more competitive! Even if my faves lose 🤷‍♀️

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Mario_x9•

This game looked like this for vast majority of its history (+120 years), multiple winners, most with single Slam or up to 3-4 Slams, couple of lower ranked tournaments titles. It’s big3 that distorted our perception about tennis, their longevity and stability made us believe this is standard, for younger fans especially, if it weren’t for big3 there would never appear term “WTA instability”.

Most likely tour will be much competitive in incoming years as there are many great players.

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brilliantinemortal•

Yep - I found the Big 3 era pretty boring for this reason (I know I’m largely alone in this); I’ve really enjoyed the recent run of 1000s without Nadal and Djokovic as a sign of things to come

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andrefishmusic•

Is it me or has this new format for Madrid made it a very boring tournament? So many days in between the top players matches and very boring matchups.

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FlyReasonable6560•

This format is what a Masters 1000 should be

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gayforthiem•

I havent been nearly as invested as I was in Monte Carlo

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sarmatronFunky Flo's 2H volleys•

seriously, each day of MC R1 had as many marquee match-ups as this tourney has had in total.

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J0hn_Wick_Inventing time reversal for Fedal | Real Deals for Metal Hips•

I prefer the one week format when I have a lot of free time to watch but it can be harder to follow when I'm busy. Imo the longer format is better when masters events are back-to-back as it increases the odds of having stronger draws

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Puzzleheaded_Ad9691•

it's better for the players but definitely not for spectators

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