UP players enter pre-QFsof AITA Super Series | Lucknow News

Lucknow: UP’s Aira, Anusha Singh, Ashi Shamseri, Tashi Kiran and Raminder Deep Kaur secured victories in first round of main draw of AITA Super Series Under-18 Boys and Girls Tennis Tournament to reach pre-quarterfinals of girls’ singles. UP’s third seed Rishi Yadav, fourth seed Aryaman Chauhan, fifth seed Aniruddh Kumar, sixth seed Raghav Prabhu, Ansh Saxena, Harsh Singh, Anuj Kumar also reached last 16.The matches were organised by Sports Development Society at La Martiniere Lawn Tennis Facility on Monday.Ira won over Haryana’s Aanya Sahni with a scoreline of 6-4, 6-3. Anusha Singh defeated Geetika Saraswat 6-3, 6-1, while Ashi Shamseri won against fellow UP player Devyani Shukla, 6-0, 6-0. Tashi Kiran and Raminder Deep Kaur advanced to next round via walkovers.Eighth seed Vanisha Jadaun had to retire against Delhi’s Mehar Sharma.In boys’ singles, third seed Rishi Yadav defeated Maharashtra’s Arnav Chaudhary 6-0, 6-3, while fourth seed Aryaman Chauhan overcame a tough challenge from West Bengal’s Shreyansh, winning 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Fifth seed Aniruddh Kumar defeated Shubham Pandey 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Sixth seed Raghav Prabhu had a straightforward win over Delhi’s Sudit Goyal, 6-2, 6-2.Ansh Saxena won a three-setter against Mohammad Sufiyan, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2. Harsh Singh and Anuj Kumar won, defeating Yash Patel and Mehar Khosla, respectively. Haryana’s top seed Harsh Malik defeated UP’s Patterson Chhavi 6-2, 6-0 and Maharashtra’s Shaurya bested Virat Singh 6-1, 6-2. Mohammad Sheez won 6-0, 6-1 against Arnav Chauhan.TOI in Media Cup final: Abbas Rizvi missed his 50 by just 6 runs but powered The Times of India (TOI) win over Amar Ujala by eight wickets in semis and secure a berth in final of Ekana Media T-20 Cup-2025 cricket tournament at KD Singh Babu Stadium on Monday.TOI’s disciplined bowling attack bundled Amar Ujala at 116 in 19.3 overs. Batting first, Amar Ujala’s Rajeev Anand scored highest 36 runs for the team while Akhilesh Verma contributed 18 runs. In the 117-run chase, opener Abbas Rizvi played an unbeaten innings of 44 runs off 46 balls with the help of five fours.Supporting him, Devesh Pandey contributed an unbeaten 36 runs off 33 balls hitting three fours and one six. Rajeev Srivastava scored 10 and Rishi Singh Sengar contributed 13. TOI successfully chased the target at the loss of two wickets in 16.2 overs.