Cobb Reporter

Marietta tennis player Rishab Thiyagarajan finished 7,126th in February in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started February ranked 6,939th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 42 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 February
Elias Shokry	150	105	3,655
Nicholas Vincent	968	989	714
Paul Fridman	1,139	1,162	601
James Weber	1,578	1,619	427
Jordan Bruck	1,471	1,825	364
Zachary Raymond	1,779	1,843	361
Mark Arshavsky	2,323	2,496	248
Stephen Zhu	2,787	2,874	206
Rajat Shirur	3,595	3,696	141
Jaiden Dodia	4,013	4,257	114
Benjamin Moultrie	4,439	4,560	101
Jack Hubbard	5,169	4,854	90
Porter Hornigold	5,309	5,455	74
Arish Damani	5,759	5,929	62
Bailey Raymond	6,006	6,496	53
Akshay Kannan	9,933	6,859	46
Rishab Thiyagarajan	6,939	7,126	42
Matthew Njaa	7,170	7,391	38
Ethan Swatski	7,285	7,517	36
Nithil Viswanathan	7,491	7,715	34
Sharvil Kulkarni	7,717	7,957	31
Forrest Krivsky	7,172	8,092	30
Declan Boxa	8,411	8,639	26
Mickey Pancich	8,910	9,165	22
Harshid Balachandar	N/A	9,605	19