Cobb Reporter

Marietta tennis player Arish Damani is ranked 1,234th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending May 29.

They had 512 total points, split between 512 single points and any double points. USTA rankings are determined by adding 100 percent of singles points and 15 percent of doubles points plus any bonus points earned.

They were ranked 1,187th the week before.

Players earn points per round in tournaments, winning higher points the further into a tournament they advance.

Jarett Cascino of New York Tennis Magazine says tennis is one of the most competitive youth sports.

“There is always someone better than you on any given day, even if you are the number one player in the world!” he said.

Standings are released weekly.

Name	Total Points	Single Points	Doubles Points
Paul Fridman	1,284	1,084	805
James Weber	1,016	754	830
Stephen Zhu	842	775	N/A
Jaiden Dodia	552	519	217
Arish Damani	512	512	N/A
Rajat Shirur	276	213	206
Sharvil Kulkarni	188	188	N/A
Bailey Raymond	174	174	N/A
Nithil Viswanathan	170	169	6
Porter Hornigold	166	149	111
Aashray Arun	133	126	45
Chris Zhou	122	114	56
Ethan Swatski	120	120	N/A
Jacob Kruger	114	114	N/A
Kayden Colombo	101	90	N/A
Benjamin Moultrie	100	100	N/A
Harshid Balachandar	91	87	24
Pratt Yerger	66	64	11
Mickey Pancich	61	55	37
Ethan Lo	58	53	30
Griffin Searles	54	54	N/A
Anshul Panchal	48	48	N/A
Cole Nabinger	45	45	N/A
Davis Haliburton	38	38	N/A
Kyle Richardson	30	30	N/A
Baker Watson	30	30	N/A
Colin Funkhouser	30	30	N/A
William Laskey	27	27	N/A
Nihal Viswanathan	26	25	6
Jason Ho	24	24	N/A
Declan Boxa	24	24	N/A
Rohit Gogineni	24	24	N/A
Avid Khan	21	18	18
Henry Miller	17	13	24
Aidan Brown	16	16	N/A
Jake Mong	14	6	19
Owen Collins	14	14	2