competitor.settings().merge(settings);
if (competitor.settings().searchRequests().isEmpty()) {
for (SearchRequest defaultSearchRequest : settings.searchRequests()) {
SearchRequest copy = new SearchRequest();
if (defaultSearchRequest.indices() != null) {
copy.indices(defaultSearchRequest.indices());
}
copy.types(defaultSearchRequest.types());
copy.searchType(defaultSearchRequest.searchType());
copy.source(defaultSearchRequest.source(), true);
copy.extraSource(defaultSearchRequest.extraSource(), true);