User blog comment:Jkphantom9/Volume 3 Episode 9 Preview/@comment-24994749-20160113230450/@comment-4010415-20160114061635

The team and doubles matches weren't really what Penny is in the tournament for. Ironwood wants to see if Penny will be the winner of the tournament, so it makes sense that he would only care about the singles rounds, when Penny will be fighting those who managed to show they've got more skills than all the others.