[SirFozzie]

Substack 1-B: Roll of 26 (Draw 1 of Surface, Pick 3 Top Players)

Step 1: Random (0) Skipped

Step 2: HARD Court mastery (1)

There are three players with Hard Court specialty in group 1-B

Rafael Nadal, Milos Raonic and Yevgeny Kafelnikov: one of these three will advance to the round of 32 at this step, the other two will go back into the pile for the three top players: I randomly select: Rafael Nadal!

Step 3: Players by Top Tournament Ranking (3)

Raonic is the only player in this substack with a 2-C rating (Nadal's of course is 1-A), so he's the second qualifier to the round of 32. We have three players with a Tournament rating of 3-B, so we have to randomly choose one player to miss out on the round of 32, and the other two will advance.

The Qualifiers from substack 1-B

Rafael Nadal (1-A, qualification: HARD Court)
Milor Raonic (2-C, Qualification: TOP)
Wayne Ferreira (3-B, Qualification: TOP)
Yervgeny Kafelnikov (3-B, Qualification: TOP)

Notable Eliminations:
Felix Auger-Aliassime (3-B, the unlucky loser out of the three way draw for 2 spots)
Marin Cilic (3-C, missed out on the random draw at HARD)
Mardy Fish (4-B, noted celebrity golf champion)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (4-A)

Fozzie Note: Interesting, Nadal still should advance, but it's not a given, that's a tough pod in the round of 32)