Cobb Reporter

Marietta tennis player Nilay Patel is ranked 5,210th in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending May 29.

They had 54 total points, split between 54 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 5,157th 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
Elias Shokry	1,854	1,310	1,135
Arsal Farooq	978	521	2,370
Jordan Bruck	719	499	495
Nicholas Vincent	542	467	489
Paul Fridman	392	361	161
Mark Arshavsky	357	341	105
Stephen Zhu	304	274	105
Jack Hubbard	270	270	N/A
Mitchell Freeman	231	231	N/A
Gavin Roth	228	228	N/A
James Weber	150	125	142
Zachary Raymond	148	137	75
Akshay Kannan	146	146	N/A
Jaiden Dodia	109	103	41
Kamish Damani	102	102	N/A
Arish Damani	98	98	N/A
Ethan Swatski	96	96	N/A
Nicholas Kirka	86	86	N/A
Charles Yu	60	60	N/A
Nilay Patel	54	54	N/A
Bailey Raymond	45	34	75
Forrest Krivsky	38	38	N/A
Sharvil Kulkarni	38	38	N/A
Nithil Viswanathan	26	26	N/A
Matthew Njaa	25	25	N/A
Charlie Bahin	24	24	N/A
Jacob Kruger	23	23	N/A
Benjamin Moultrie	20	20	N/A
Porter Hornigold	18	16	12
Rajat Shirur	11	11	N/A
Griffin Searles	11	11	N/A
Anshul Panchal	9	9	N/A
Davis Haliburton	8	8	N/A
Maxence Thibault	7	7	N/A