In the table below is the listing of players, seeded from highest (# 1) to lowest (# 32), who are due to play in an Association of Tennis Players (ATP) tournament for women. This tournament has four knockout rounds before the final, i.e., first round, second round, quarterfinals, and semi – finals. In the first round, the highest seeded player plays the lowest seeded player (seed # 32) which is designated match No. 1 of the first round; the 2nd seeded player plays the 31st seeded player which is designated match No. 2 of the first round, and so on. Thus, for instance, match No. 16 of the first round is to be played between 16th seeded player and the 17th seeded player. In the second round, the winner of match No. 1, of first round plays the winner of match No. 16 of first round and is designated match No. 1 of second round. Similarly, the winner of match No. 2 of first round plays the winner of match No. 15 of first round, and is designated match No.2 of second round. Thus, for instance, match No. 8 of the second round is to be played between the winner of match No. 8 of first round and the winner of match No. 9 of first round. The same pattern is followed for later rounds as well.
Seed # |
Name of Player |
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Seed # |
Name of Player |
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Seed # |
Name of Player |
1 |
Maria Sharapova |
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12 |
Mary Pierce |
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23 |
Silvia Farina Elia |
2 |
Lindsay Davenport |
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13 |
Anastasia Myskina |
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24 |
Tatiana Golovin |
3 |
Amelie Mauresmo |
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14 |
Alicia Molik |
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25 |
Shinobu Asagoe |
4 |
Kim Clijsters |
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15 |
Nathalic Dechy |
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26 |
Francesca Schiavone |
5 |
Svetlana Kuznetsova |
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16 |
Elena Bovina |
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27 |
Nicole Vaidisova |
6 |
Elena Dementieva |
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17 |
Jelena Jankovic |
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28 |
Gisela Dulko |
7 |
Justine Henin |
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18 |
Ana Ivanavic |
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29 |
Flavia Pennetta |
8 |
Serena Williams |
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19 |
Vera Zvonareva |
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30 |
Anna Chakvetadze |
9 |
Nadia Petrova |
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20 |
Elena Likhovtseva |
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31 |
Ai Sugiyama |
10 |
Venus Williams |
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21 |
Daniela Hantuchova |
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32 |
Anna – Iena Groenefeld |
11 |
Patty Schnyder |
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22 |
Dinara Safina |
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If Elena Dementieva and Serena Williams lose in the second round, while Justine Henin and Nadia Petrova make it to the semi – finals, then who would play Maria Sharapova in the quarter finals, in the event Sharapova reaches quarterfinals?