volcom
Regular Member
Thanks for posting the link.
So the draws were done by software but the finishing touches were applied by BWF officials for each of the five categories - that tells you the human interference involved and how random or manipulated the drawing process, for better or worse.
Perhaps the same practice is carried out in some, if not all, of the Superseries tournaments ? I don't know, but occasionally the outcome of the draws is/was too much of a coincidence not to suspect anything untoward. Personally, I'm not against some human interference to avoid the worst-case scenario or clearly undesirable outcome but I hope there are certain limits or procedures in place to prevent outright abuse motivated by private, selfish agendas.
No doubt that the officials manipulate draws for certain purposes... supposedly the enhance "the image of badminton" etc...