"Has always been based on skill"? It has only had one edition so far.

Besides, I don't see any spots in the draw where newer players can charge right into the final stages, let alone win the tournament, without running into several of the more experienced players. And the number of matchups of good (subjective term btw) players against each other in the first round is fairly limited; and given the large number of skilled players in the tournament, it was inevitable that we'd get some crazy first round matchups.