Cobb Reporter

Marietta tennis player Akshay Kannan finished 9,763rd in December in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started December ranked 9,621st.

By the end of the month they’d earned 16 points across singles and doubles tournaments.

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.

Rankings are released weekly.

Name	Starting Rank	Ending Rank	Total Points at end of December
Elias Shokry	168	173	2,828
Nicholas Vincent	913	943	714
Paul Fridman	1,071	1,098	601
Jordan Bruck	909	1,155	569
James Weber	1,535	1,551	419
Zachary Raymond	1,464	1,753	361
Mark Arshavsky	2,230	2,272	264
Stephen Zhu	2,734	2,792	200
Jaiden Dodia	3,972	3,969	119
Rajat Shirur	4,243	4,302	103
Jack Hubbard	4,060	4,634	90
Benjamin Moultrie	5,314	5,366	69
Porter Hornigold	5,380	5,369	69
Arish Damani	3,636	5,650	62
Bailey Raymond	4,798	5,911	60
Ethan Swatski	3,606	6,778	42
Rishab Thiyagarajan	7,171	6,848	42
Forrest Krivsky	6,974	7,087	38
Matthew Njaa	6,975	7,089	38
Nithil Viswanathan	7,300	7,393	34
Sharvil Kulkarni	6,666	7,620	31
Declan Boxa	8,183	8,296	26
Mickey Pancich	8,684	8,784	22
Akshay Kannan	9,621	9,763	16