Joco Today

Overland Park tennis player Srinivasa Vel is ranked 874th in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 708 total points, split between 621 single points and 578 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 865th 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	1,840	1,461	1,551
Luca Ospino	1,815	1,501	1,641
Saam Biria	1,349	1,020	1,745
Aarya Anjankar	1,085	844	1,224
Ganesh Karthik Srikanth	850	692	935
Srinivasa Vel	708	621	578
Ishaan Musti	624	522	683
Rishi Goli	280	265	102
Sanjeev Adma	212	212	N/A
Vihaan Reddy Mereddy	204	204	N/A
Mitchell Terhune	196	183	84
Saket Jagannath	182	148	225
Henry Fu	175	173	10
Zach Chen	174	174	2
Nidhish Padmanaban	156	154	10
Praveen Chockalingam	150	150	N/A
Ethan Chen	144	142	10
Anay Oberoi	138	138	N/A
Ryder Heaven	130	130	N/A
Gautham Vignesh Srikanth	121	108	84
Balark Sen	118	118	N/A
Hayden Gansen	100	100	N/A
Crius McMullin	83	78	30
Sanjay Amaran	78	78	N/A
Tyden McMullin	65	60	30
Tanishq Anjankar	44	39	31
Dharshan Rajesh	44	44	N/A
Mahith Surapaneni	34	34	N/A
Christopher Bright	32	32	N/A
Pranav Krishnan	28	28	N/A