CAT 2005 — DILR Question 12
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
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 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 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.
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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 semifinals, then who would play Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals, in the event Sharapova reaches quarterfinals?
Answer & solution
- A
Dinara Safina
- B
Justine Henin
Nadia Petrova
- D
Patty Schnyder
Seed numbers 6 and 8 lose in the second round and seed numbers 7 and 9 reach the semi-finals.
Seed number 9 plays matches 9, 8 and 1 in rounds 1, 2 and the quarterfinals.
Sharapova, who is seed number 1, plays match no. 1 in every round. Thus, Sharapova plays seed number 9, Nadia Petrova, in the quarterfinals.
Hence, option (c).