Joco Today

Overland Park tennis player Srinivasa Vel is ranked 1,691st in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 426 total points, split between 350 single points and 504 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 1,738th 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
Jonah Stolte	1,107	942	1,098
Luca Ospino	1,104	974	567
Saam Biria	878	701	1,104
Aarya Anjankar	667	588	525
Ethan Kumar	503	469	150
Srinivasa Vel	426	350	504
Ishaan Musti	397	364	222
Krrish Sanjanwala	353	339	90
Saket Jagannath	180	152	189
Ryder Heaven	138	138	N/A
Mitchell Terhune	126	121	36
Nidhish Padmanaban	126	126	N/A
Henry Fu	99	99	N/A
Anay Oberoi	94	94	N/A
Hayden Gansen	76	76	N/A
Pranith Surapaneni	76	76	N/A
Crius McMullin	67	67	N/A
Vihaan Reddy Mereddy	66	66	N/A
Ethan Chen	61	61	N/A
Tyden McMullin	55	55	N/A
Christopher Bright	46	46	N/A
Rishi Goli	44	44	N/A
Tanishq Anjankar	42	42	N/A
Praveen Chockalingam	36	36	N/A
Zach Chen	34	34	N/A
Sujit Pentapati	32	32	N/A
Ishaan Kamat	27	27	N/A
Sanjeev Adma	24	24	N/A
Dharshan Rajesh	23	23	N/A
Sanjay Amaran	20	20	N/A