Vikram Malhotra v Rui Soares (Fri 18 Oct 2019)
Match won by Vikram Malhotra. Result: 8-11,11-9,11-6,11-9.
Starting level for
Vikram Malhotra:
29,741, level confidence: 67%.
Starting level for
Rui Soares:
28,825, level confidence: 74%. Set manually.
Vikram Malhotra to win as he is currently playing
3% better than Rui Soares.
Vikram Malhotra won 75% of the games and 54% of the points.
This
games result would be expected if he was better by around 25%.
This
points result would be expected if he was better by around 17% (PAR scoring).
These are weighted and combined to calculate that Vikram Malhotra played
22% better than Rui Soares in this match.
Assuming that any level changes are shared between both players, for this result it looks like Vikram Malhotra actually played at a level of
32,394 and Rui Soares at a level of
26,464. Without any damping, both players would need to be adjusted by 8.9% to match this result.
Factoring in the relative levels of confidence which allows players with low confidence in their levels to change more quickly, the adjustment for Vikram Malhotra changes to +8.8% and Rui Soares changes to -7.9%.
After applying standard match damping, the adjustment for Vikram Malhotra becomes +2.3% and for Rui Soares becomes -2.2%.
Apply match/event weighting of 100% for 'PSA Chicago Open' so the adjustment is unchanged.
Increase level confidence due to one more match played. Vikram Malhotra: 82%, Rui Soares: 86%. Reduce level confidence based on how unexpected the result is. Vikram Malhotra: 75%, Rui Soares: 79%.
A final adjustment of +0.1% has been made to both players as part of the automatic calibration that is performed after each match. All players in this pool will have been adjusted equally in order to remain equivalent to other player pools.
Final level for Vikram Malhotra:
30,375, level confidence: 75%.
Final level for Rui Soares:
28,298, level confidence: 79%.