Answer the following question based on the information given below:
In the table below is the listing of players, seeded from highest $(\#1)$ to the 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, quarter finals 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 seeded player plays the $31$ st seeded player which is designated match no $2$ of first round and so on. Thus, for instance, match no $16$ of first round is to be played between $16$th player and the $17$th 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 #
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Name of Player
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Seed #
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Name of Player
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Seed #
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Name of Player
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1
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Maria Sharapova
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12
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Mary Pierce
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23
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Silvia Farina Elia
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2
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Lindsay Davensport
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13
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Anastasia Myskina
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24
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Tatiana Golovin
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3
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Amelie Maureso
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14
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Alicia Molik
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25
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Shinobu Asagoe
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4
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Kim Clijesters
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15
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Nathalie Detchy
|
26
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Francesca Schiavone
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5
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Svetlana Kuznetsova
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16
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Elena Bovina
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27
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Nicole Vaidisova
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6
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Elena Dematieva
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17
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Jelena Jankovic
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28
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Gisela Dulko
|
7
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Justine Henin
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18
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Ana Ivanovic
|
29
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Flavia Pennetta
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8
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Serena Williams
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19
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Vera Zvonareva
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30
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Anna Chakvetadze
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9
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Nadia Petrova
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20
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Elena Lukhovtseva
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31
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Ai Sugiyama
|
10
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Venus Williams
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21
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Daniella Hantuchova
|
32
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Anna-lena Gronefeld
|
11
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Patty Schnyder
|
22
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Dinara Safina
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|
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If, in the first round, all even numbered matches (and none of the odd numbered ones) result in upsets, and there are no upsets in the second round, then who could be the lowest seeded player facing Maria Sharapova in semi-finals?
- Anastasia Myskina
- Flavia Pennetta
- Nadia Petrova
- Svetlana Kuznetsova