LUCKNOW, Nov. 3 -- Hosts Uttar Pradesh players dominated the opening round in both categories, with several straight-set victories and a few walkovers setting up the next stage of the AITA Championship Series Under-12 Boys' and Girls' Singles tournament, at the Kesari Tennis Academy here on Monday. Avighna Verma defeated Hridyanshu Saha of Maharashtra (UP) 7-5, 6-3, whereas Vedant Singh had a walk-over against Daksh Mathur of Delhi. In Other first round matches in the boys singles Ramansh Singh beat Vivaan Garg 6-1, 6-4, Abhiraj Rajput beat Kiaan Mulchandani 6-0, 6-2, Shivansh beat Siddharth Jaiswal, 6-4, 6-4, Ajmeet Singh beat Praveer Tilak 6-1, 6-2, Advik Singh beat Aarav Verma 6-1, 6-4. In the girls category, top seed Shubhi Ranjan began her campaign confidently with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Bihar's Saba Khan. Third seed Siya Singh was equally impressive, conceding only one game in a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Akshita Mishra, while Aarika Raj Singh's 6-0, 6-3 result was among the day's most dominant displays. In other matches of the day, Shreeja Dubey beat Anya Chaudhary 6-2, 6-2, Anya beat Hiya Chauhan 6-1, 6-1. Lucknow shuttler Saanvi Kumar delivered an impressive performance at the UP State Sub-Junior Badminton Championship, finishing as runner-up in the U-13 girls' singles category and earning selection for the U-13 National Championship. Competing at the four-day state championship in Azamgarh, Saanvi, who is being trained by Vipul Verma at the Vijayantkhand Stadium, showed strong form through the knockout stages. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Yashita Dhimei 15-10, 18-16. She then overcame Abhya Dixit in a hard-fought semifinal, winning 15-10, 15-17, 15-8. In the final, Saanvi took the opening game against Megha Singh 17-15 and held an 8-6 lead in the second. However, an injury forced her to retire from the match, leaving her with the runner-up position. The Lucknow District Basketball Association will conduct selection trials on Wednesday for female players for the upcoming 65th Senior State Basketball Championship (Women), scheduled to be held in Baraut, Baghpat, from November 17 to 21....