LUCKNOW, Sept. 22 -- The opening day of the 25th RS Sagar Memorial All-India Women's Tennis Tournament saw top seeds advance comfortably as the singles main draw got underway, at the SDS Tennis Academy here on Monday. In a dominant display, top seed Lakshmi crushed Mahi Rajesh 6-1, 6-2 to book her place in the second round. Second seed Ayushi was equally impressive, dismissing Kriti 6-1, 6-0 in a quick-fire contest. Third seed Ananya overcame Samaira 6-1, 6-4, while fourth seed Shatakshi needed just 45 minutes to beat Akritee 6-1, 6-1. Fifth seed Shagun defeated Manvi 6-2, 6-3, and sixth seed Bhumika saw off fellow Delhi player Dyuti 6-2, 6-1. Eighth seed Snigdha recorded a rare double bagel, beating Nidhi 6-0, 6-0. The day's most competitive match saw Sumrita edge past Aashi in a three-set thriller 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 after dropping the second set. In another closely fought tie, Priya defeated Sahana 7-5, 6-2, while Navya caused a minor upset by beating seventh seed Divya (HR) 6-4, 6-2. Lucknow's rising talent, eleven-year-old Abhigyan Katiyar of Modern School, Aliganj, won the CCBW Digital Detox Open Chess Tournament. Abhigyan scored 6 points including a win over KK Khare and Arif Ali. Abhigyan drew the last round with former State Chess Champion Junaid Ahmad, Sports Officer, Lucknow Nagar Nigam. Ahmad was runner-up (5.5 points) with wins over Ravishanker, Arjun Singh and Shani Kumar Soni. Four people tied for third place including Ravishanker, Sayeed Ahmad, Arif Ali and Deep Kumar Singh (5 points each). Singh also had a fantastic tournament as Best Unrated player. KK Khare and Irfan Syed Mohd were Best Senior Citizens' (4 points each). Lucknow's teen talent Daksh Malik was the Best Under 16 Rated Kid. Some other unrated stars who performed better than their seeding among the rated professionals included Saad Baksh Siddiqui, Nikhar Saxena, Ajendra Singh and Pratham Neogi. Shivam Maurya won the Junior category with 6.5 points with Om Mishra and Ayush Yadav in second place with 6 points each. Rahimabad Royals take on Lucknow Shernies, while Sage Falcons meet 4 Square Warriors on the opening day of the Lucknow Women's Premier League on September 23, at the Sage Ground here. The two semi-finals will be played on September 27, whereas the final is slated for September 28....