certain city sends 60 players to participate in the Provincial Youth Go Competition, of which female players account for 1/4 of the total. The game adopts an elimination system, that is, winners in each round enter the next round, and losers are eliminated. They are conducted separately, and the fifth and sixth grades are Group A, and the first, second, third and fourth grades are Group B. After layers of competition, when entering the competition for the top four, female players accounted for (2/9) of the city's finalists. Then how many male players in the city entered the competition for the top four?
某市派60名选手参加省少年围棋比赛，其中女选手占总数的(1/4)，比赛采用淘汰制，即每一轮比赛中赢着进入下一轮，输着被淘汰，比赛时男女分别进行，并且，五六年级为甲组，一二三四年级为乙组，经过层层角逐，当进入争夺前四名的比赛时，女选手占该市入围选手的(2/9)，则该市有多少男选手进入争夺前四名的比赛？
<gadget id="calculator">2 / 9</gadget>
<output>2/9 = around 0.222222</output>

<gadget id="calculator">9 * (2/9)</gadget>
<output>2</output>

<gadget id="calculator">9 - 2</gadget>
<output>7</output>

<result>7</result>