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64 players are scheduled to take part in a tennis tournament. The players are seeded from 1 to 64 with seed 1 being the top seed and seed 64 being the last seeded player. The tournament takes place in a knockout format with different rounds. In each round the winner of a match between 2 players advances to the next round while the loser is eliminated. This process is repeated till the finals. In the 1st round players seeded 1 plays the player seeded 64, the player seeded 2 plays with the player seeded 63 and so on. An upset is said to happen if a lower seeded player beats a higher seeded player. The matches are scheduled such that, in case of no upsets, the lowest seeded player plays the highest seeded player left in the tournament. The 2nd lowest seeded players play the 2nd highest seeded player left and so on. **Q1.** What is the total number of rounds in the tournament?
A8
B7
C6
D5
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 6
With 64 players in single-elimination knockout, each round halves the field: 64 → 32 → 16 → 8 → 4 → 2 → 1. That's log₂(64) = 6 rounds total (R1, R2, R3, Quarterfinal, Semifinal, Final).
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