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Ok, it seems that all the responders say that people should go all out and hold nothing back.
Now let me present another situation. This one is slightly less common, but I know for a fact that it does occur.
Let's say player A and player B are from the same school/club/district/whatever and have the same coach. Eventually, A and B meet up in the draw. Let's say that A is a much stronger player than B. If you were A would you sandbag to help B's overall chance at seeding in the future?
*The way seeding works sometimes is a committee decides who should be seeded (don't ask me why it's this way, I don't like it to be honest.) regardless of ranking. So it is possible for player C to be seeded 1st while player D is seeded 2nd even though player D is ranked first in the district at the time.
The way sandbagging would work in the above situation is that when the next tournament comes, the committee might look at a previous tournament and say "oh look, player B did so well against player A! Let's seed them ahead of player C even though player C is ranked higher overall"
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