LUCKNOW, Oct. 20 -- The Diwan Jagat Mohan Lal Memorial AITA National Series Ranking Boys and Girls Under-18 Tennis Tournament began on Sunday, at the Allahabad Gymkhana Tennis Academy in Chandrashekhar Azad Park, Prayagraj. Uttar Pradesh players made a strong start in the girls' section. Aashi Kiran defeated fellow UP player Anusha Singh 6-4, 6-3, while Aira beat Madhya Pradesh's Avani Jat 6-3, 6-3. Anaya Sen and Aashi Shamsheri also advanced with commanding wins, beating Vanisha Jadaun and Siddhi Singh respectively by 6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0 scorelines. Gujarat's Prapti Tiwari was especially dominant, defeating UP's Reet Singh Patel 6-1, 6-0. Bihar's Aditi Mishra also progressed comfortably, overcoming Raminder Kaur of Uttar Pradesh 6-1, 6-0. Local players from Prayagraj delivered some of the day's most competitive results. Abhyuday Singh battled past Delhi's Bhavik Mittal 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, while Kinjalak Srivastava defeated Haryana's Pranay Sharma 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. Arjun Sharma also came through a three-set contest, beating Madhya Pradesh's Arnav Saxena 6-1, 5-7, 6-3. Among other key matches, Haryana's Sabr Bedi beat UP's Raghav Sharan 6-2, 2-6, 6-0. Eighth seed Raghav Prabhu of Telangana defeated Haris Khan of Uttar Pradesh 7-6 (2), 6-3, and Delhi's Aarish Kapoor beat West Bengal's Abandip Choudhury 6-4, 6-3. The biggest upset came when Uttar Pradesh's Devyansh Srivastava defeated eleventh-seeded Mannat Lamba of Haryana 6-4, 6-2. Gujarat's Madhav Shah also advanced, beating Vishesh Shukla of UP 6-2, 6-4. Tejas Dayal's result was pending at the time of reporting....