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268 Games and Tournament
Pool A
Teams Games Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Points
Germany 2 2 0 0 3 1 6
Argentina 2 2 0 0 2 0 6
Spain 2 1 0 1 5 2 3
Pakistan 2 1 0 1 2 1 3
New Zealand 2 0 0 2 1 6 0
South Africa 2 0 0 2 1 4 0

In the third round. Spain played Pakistan, Argentina an Association of Tennis Players (ATP) tournament for
played Germany, and New Zealand played South Africa. women. This tournament has four knockout rounds before
All the third round matches were drawn. The following the final, i.e., first round, second round, quarterfinals, and
are some results from the fourth and fifth round matches. semi-finals. In the first round, the highest seeded player

(a) Spain won both the fourth and fifth round matches. plays the lowest seeded player (seed # 32) which is
(b) Both Argentina and Germany won their fifth round designated match No. 1 of first round; the 2nd seeded
matches by 3 goals to 0. player plays the 31st seeded player which is designated
match No. 2 of the first round, and so on. Thus, for
(c) Pakistan won both the fourth and fifth round matches instance, match No. 16 of first round is to be played
by 1 goal to 0. between 16th seeded player and the 17th seeded player.
1. Which one of the following statements is true about In the second round, the winner of match No. 1 of first
matches played in the first two rounds? round plays the winner of match No.16 of first round and
(a) Germany beat New Zealand by 1 goal to 0. is designated match No. 1 of second round. Similarly, the
(b) Spain beat New Zealand by 4 goals to 0. winner of match No. 2 of first round plays the winner of
(c) Spain beat South Africa by 2 goals to 0. match No. 15 of first round, and is designated match No.
(d) Germany beat South Africa by 2 goals to 1. 2 of second round. Thus, for instance, match No. 8 of

2. Which one of the following statements is true about the second round is to be played between the winner of
matches played in the first two rounds? match No. 8 of first round and the winner of match No.
9 of first round. The same pattern is followed for alter
(a) Pakistan beat South Africa by 2 goals to 1. rounds as well.
(b) Argentina beat Pakistan by 1 goal to 0.
(c) Germany beat Pakistan by 2 goals to 1. Seed Name of player Seed Name of player
(d) Germany beat Spain by 2 goals to 1. 1. Maria Sharapova 17. JelenaJankovic
2. Lindsay Davenport 18. Ana Ivanovic
3. Which team finished at the top of the pool after five
rounds of matches? 3. Amelie Mauresmo 19. Vera Zvonareva
(a) Argentina 4. Kim Clijsters 20. Elena Likhovtseva
(b) Germany 5. Svetlana Kuznetsova 21. Daniela Hantuchova
(c) Spain 6. Elena Dementieva 22. Dinara Safina
(d) Cannot be determined 7. Justine Henin 23., Silva Farina Elia
4. If Pakistan qualified as one of the two teams from 8. Serena Williams 24. Tatiana Golovin
Pool A, which was the other team that qualified? 9. Nadia Petrova 25. ShinobuAsagoe
(a) Argentina 10. Venus William 26. Francesca Schiavone
(b) Germany 11. Patty Schnyder 27. Nicole Vaidisova
(c) Spain 12. Mary Pierce 28. Gisela Dulko
(d) Cannot be determined 13. Anastasia Myskina 29. FlaviaPennetta
Directions (Qs. 5 -8) on the basis of the information 14. Alicia Molik 30. Anna Chakvetadze
given below: 15. Nathalie Dechy 31. Ai Sugiyama
In the table below is the listing of players, seeded from 16. Elena Bovina 32. Anna-lenaGroenefeld
highest (#1) to lowest (#32), who are due to play in