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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 # Name of Player Seed # Name of Player Seed # Name of Player 1 Maria Sharapova 12 Mary Pierce 23 Silvia Farina Elia 2 Lindsay Davensport 13 Anastasia Myskina 24 Tatiana Golovin 3 Amelie Maureso 14 Alicia Molik 25 Shinobu Asagoe 4 Kim Clijesters 15 Nathalie Detchy 26 Francesca Schiavone 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova 16 Elena Bovina 27 Nicole Vaidisova 6 Elena Dematieva 17 Jelena Jankovic 28 Gisela Dulko 7 Justine Henin 18 Ana Ivanovic 29 Flavia Pennetta 8 Serena Williams 19 Vera Zvonareva 30 Anna Chakvetadze 9 Nadia Petrova 20 Elena Lukhovtseva 31 Ai Sugiyama 10 Venus Williams 21 Daniella Hantuchova 32 Anna-lena Gronefeld 11 Patty Schnyder 22 Dinara Safina

If the top eight seeds make it to the quarter finals, then who, amongst the players listed below, would definitely not play against Maria Sharapova in the final, in case Sharapova reaches the final?

1. Amelie Mauresmo
2. Elena Dementieva
3. Kim Clijsters
4. Lindsay Davenport