i agree that a non show in the second round onwards is a bad thing unfortunatly things happen in real life.

for the player to qualify without a match due to non appearance of their opponent is not very good imo

i think it would be better to get the best eliminated player back in to take the missing players place by way of a playoff

stick all the players eliminated from the previous round into a few rooms and play off to re-enter the missing players place.

yes someone may get a second shot if they are lucky but what about the players like DP89 who got super bad luck and got a matchup from hell in the first round..

yes this sounds more like x-factor than wimbeldon knockout but its fun ..

who wants to be champion when they did not even play all their matches..
well i might but what about you