Portland Courant

Portland tennis player Kushal Rao is ranked 2,201st in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 356 total points, split between 356 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 2,243rd 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	4,769	3,198	1,080
Kei Watanabe	2,474	2,011	1,737
Reif Larsen	1,594	1,524	162
Parsa Nasri	1,456	1,359	495
Tiger Semler	991	846	234
Aaron Yan	977	885	312
Tianen Tao	472	449	150
Kushal Rao	356	356	N/A
Levi Lux	328	287	270
Tai Leong	291	291	N/A
Shrish Arun	239	223	105
Aiden Yeung	163	140	150
Burke Reilly	136	136	N/A
Vitomir Petcov	125	90	162
Rohan Varma	101	101	N/A
Surya Panyam	101	101	N/A
Samuel Pohl	88	79	63
Jonathan Wilkinson	66	66	N/A
Alex Tran	64	64	N/A
Aidan McBride	60	60	N/A
Pace Crimin	34	11	150
Manish Chander	32	32	N/A
Kyle Zhou	30	30	N/A
Michael Sullivan	30	30	N/A
Jonah Black	30	30	N/A