Joco Today

Overland Park tennis player Luke Pennington is ranked 944th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 739 total points, split between 621 single points and 639 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 942nd 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
Blake Brellenthin	877	798	525
Luke Pennington	739	621	639
Jonah Stolte	612	543	385
Saam Biria	579	476	612
Aarya Anjankar	575	527	322
Luca Ospino	520	457	328
Emmett Wirth	339	301	255
Ethan Kumar	302	225	513
Mark Kessens	290	290	N/A
Ishaan Musti	280	257	156
Srinivasa Vel	215	195	135
Ganesh Karthik Srikanth	171	147	158
Krrish Sanjanwala	170	166	24
Oluwaseun Akinwuntan	122	122	N/A
Liam Groden	116	116	N/A
Saket Jagannath	112	87	165
Collin Jeffries	90	90	N/A
Sanjeev Adma	78	78	N/A
Pranith Surapaneni	68	68	N/A
Daniel Sullivan	68	68	N/A
Rishi Goli	68	67	8
Vihaan Reddy Mereddy	57	57	N/A
Bobby King	56	56	N/A
Shayan Ahmed	48	48	N/A
Henry Fu	43	43	N/A