Portland Courant

Portland tennis player Kushal Rao is ranked 3,585th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending May 29.

They had 135 total points, split between 124 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 3,540th 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
William Semler	3,447	2,625	N/A
Kei Watanabe	2,321	2,040	N/A
Siddarth Chava	2,317	1,854	N/A
Parsa Nasri	849	849	N/A
Jax Ledwith	742	697	N/A
Reif Larsen	716	693	N/A
Aaron Yan	628	571	N/A
Kiyosh Arun	414	346	N/A
Timothy Barthes	354	354	N/A
Tiger Semler	340	315	N/A
Samuel Pohl	305	296	N/A
Rohan Varma	285	285	N/A
Shrish Arun	278	278	N/A
Tai Leong	218	218	N/A
Levi Lux	210	183	N/A
Burke Reilly	196	196	N/A
Vitomir Petcov	150	150	N/A
Victor Li	146	146	N/A
Shotaro Norville	143	143	N/A
Kushal Rao	135	124	N/A
Declan Doan	105	105	N/A
Frederic Kemple	90	90	N/A
Jonathan Wilkinson	66	66	N/A
Aiden Yeung	37	37	N/A
Surya Panyam	26	26	N/A
Ishan Ahluwalia	21	21	N/A
Nathan Heller	12	12	N/A