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Mayuk Rawat of Uttarakhand caused an upset in the All India Talent Series tennis tournament when he defeated fourth seed Swapnil P Singh of Uttar Pradesh.

Mayuk Rawat of Uttarakhand caused an upset in the All India Talent Series tennis tournament when he defeated fourth seed Swapnil P Singh of Uttar Pradesh by 6-1,6-3 in the boys under- 14 singles semi-finals at SDS Tennis Academy,Lucknow on Thursday.

Fourth seed Shruti Gupta of West Bengal caused an upset in the girls under-14 singles semis when she outclassed top seed Bakul Negi of Delhi by 6-1,6-3 in the last four-stage match of the section. Boys under-12 top seed Shree Krishna had an easy sail into the finals. He defeated Ankit Rao in the semi-finals by 6-2,6-0 with good ease to reach the finals in style.

The Results: Boys under-14 singles (semi-finals): Arjun Singh (UP; seed-3) bt Sidharth Anand (UP) 6-1,6-1; Mayuk Rawat (Utr) bt Swapnil P Singh (UP; seed-4) 6-1,6-3; Boys under-12 singles (semi-finals): Shree Krishna (Bih; seed-1) bt Ankit Rao (Dli) 6-2,6-0; Mayuk Rawat (Utr; seed-3) bt Sarthak Deoras (UP) 6-1,6-2; Girls under-14 singles (semi-finals): Shruti Gupta (WB; seed-4) bt Bakul Negi (Dli; seed-1) 6-1,6-3; Shubhi Dwivedi (UP; seed-2) bt Moksha Thukraal (UP; seed-3) 5-7,6-3,6-2; Boys under-14 doubles (semi-finals): Sanchit Sikka/ Mayuk Rawat bt Shree Krishna & Surya Singh 7-6(3),7-6(4); Sidharth Anand/ Vignesh bt Mridul Kharkwal/ Ankit Rao 6-1,7-6(4); Girls under-14 doubles (semi-finals): Moksha Thukraal/ Bakul Negi bt Sanskriti Ranjan/ Muskan Ranjan 9-5; Shubhi Dwivedi/ Shruti Gupta bt Sitara Sahni/ Manisha Shahni 9-3; Girls under-12 singles (quarter-finals): Bakul Negi (Dli; seed-1) bt Somya Singh (UP; seed-8) 8-3; Muskan Ranjan (seed-3) bt Ananya Singhal (UP) 8-1; Shruti Gupta (UP; seed-4) bt Tanu Kaur (UP; seed-5) 8-2; Moksha Thukraal (UP; seed-2) bt Yashi Saxena (UP; seed-7) 8-0.

Cathedral School wins

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Cathedral School defeated Modern Academy,Gomti Nagar by 63 runs in their quarter-final match of the 13th Avinash Chandra Chaturvedi Memorial Inter College Tournament at Chowk Stadium,Lucknow on Thursday. In a pre-quarterfinal match of the same tourney played at KD Singh Babu Stadium,St Marys RDSO defeated St. John Bosco,Gomti Nagar by 13 runs. The highlight of the match was an all-round performance by Manish Verma (45 runs; 4 for 44) of St. Marys.

Meerut Zone triumphs

Meerut Zone defeated Lucknow Zone in the boys kabaddi final and it defeated Varanasi Zone in the girls kabaddi final to bag the top honours in the under-16 state level kabaddi tournament organised as a part of the Panchayat Yuva Krida Khel Abhiyan at SAI Sub-Centre,Lucknow.

In table-tennis,five players from the boys section Shivam Mishra,Shubham Malik,Shubhendra,Rishabh Sikka and Yash Ekka and from the girls section Shazia,Archana Rai,Vidya Singh,Vaishali Sahu and Malti Tiwari have been selected to take part in the national level tournament.

Kanpur to face Allahabad

Kanpur will take on Allahabad in the opening match of the Kabir Shah Memorial Twenty20 State Media Cricket Tournament to be held at the KD Singh Babu Stadium,Lucknow from Friday.

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The match will start from 9.30 am. In the second semi-final,hosts Lucknow meet Varanasi at 12.30 pm. The final is slated to be held from 9.30 am on Saturday. Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh,Director Sports (Uttar Pradesh) Dr Hari Om and hockey Olympians will also grace the opening ceremony. Tennis: Mayuk upsets Swapnil in semis

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