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At the Jaidip Mukherjea Tennis Academy in Salt Lake, Kolkata, 16 tennis players of the academy were scheduled to take part in a intra-academy clay court tennis tournament in December 2022. The players were seeded from 1 to 16 (Seed 1 being the top seeded player, that is the player with most points earned till the beginning of the tournament, and Seed 16 being the last seeded player, that is the one with the lowest points earned till the beginning of the tournament)

The tournament was pre-formatted in a knock-out fashion, with different rounds. In each round the winner of the match between two players advanced to the next round, while the loser got eliminated. This process was followed till the finals. It was fixed that in the first round, the player seeded 1 would play the player seeded 16, the player seeded 2 would play the player seeded 15 and so on. This process was to continue till the finals.

As per tennis language, if a lower seeded player beats a higher seeded player, it is called an upset. In case of no upset in a match, it is understood that a higher seeded player has beaten a lower seeded player.

It was also known that in the tournament the player seeded 6 got injured a few minutes before the start of the tournament and had to retire hurt without playing a single game. It was also observed that the player seeded 11 made two upsets.

Question:

How many matches did the player who lost in the finals, play and win in the tournament ?

 

Option: 1

1


Option: 2

2


Option: 3

3


Option: 4

4


Answers (1)

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From the data given in the set, we can exactly conclude the scenario of the tennis tournament at the Jaidip Mukherjea Tennis Academy in Salt Lake, Kolkata in December 2022, which was as below :

 

 

ROUND 1

 

ROUND 2

 

ROUND 3 (Semi-Final)

 

ROUND 4 (Final)

1

1 - 16, won 1

1

1 - 8, won 1

1

1 - 4, won 1

1

1 - 11, won 1

2

2 - 15, won 2

2

2 - 7, won 2

2

2 - 11, won 11 (upset) 

 

 

3

3 - 14, won 3

3

3 - 11, won 11 (upset)

 

 

    

4

4 - 13, won 4

4

4 - 12, won 4

 

      

5

5 - 12, won 5

 

 

        
 

Walkover for 11, as 6 retired hurt

 

          

6

7 - 10, won 7

 

          

7

8 - 9, won 8

 

          

The player who lost in the finals was seed 11.

Seed 11 did not play his first match. He got a walk-over.

Hence, the number of matches the player who lost in the finals, play and win in the tournament = 2

 

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