Mercedinian Open II
Cortex Centre - Zoloroni Sports City, Mercedini
Welcome to the Mercedinian Open. This is a Tier 1 NSTT event held on grass and is hosted at the Cortex Centre in Zoloroni Sports City, Mercedini. As is usually the case, two events will be held, a singles event along with a doubles event, both events will run parallel to one-another with some schedule disparity due to differing participation rates, but current scheduling plans have the Mercedinian Open running between the dates of 17th and 23rd of September. This is the second iteration of the Mercedinian Open, for those new to the NSTT circuit or if you just need some inspiration for potential IC posts, then you can view full results and previous RPs here
Schedule: (cut-offs will take place at 2000 UTC on the dates stated below)
September 19: Qualification Playoff
September 20: Singles Round of 64
September 21: Singles & Doubles Round of 32
September 22: Round of 16
September 23: Quarter-Finals
September 24: Semi-Finals
September 25: Finals
Singles
The Top-16 ranked players at the tournament have all received seeding and automatically qualify for the first round proper. They are followed by the next 32 players who consist of the highest players and national wildcards, to ensure every delegation has at least one player in the Mercedinian Open proper.
For the other participants, they must qualify for the tournament via a playoff against one other opponent. The lowest ranked 32 players who haven't received a wildcard to the first round will play-off for the remaining 16 spots in the first round. They will play one other opponent at random, the winner of that match will put their name in the draw for the first round.
Doubles
The Top-8 ranked players at the tournament have all received seeding and automatically qualify for the first round proper. They are followed by the next 24 players highest ranked played who will be guarunteed a spot in the Mercedinian Open proper.
For the other participants, they must qualify for the tournament via a playoff against one other opponent. The lowest ranked 14 players who haven't received a wildcard to the first round will play-off for the remaining 7 spots in the first round. They will play one other opponent at random, the winner of that match will put their name in the draw for the first round.