Joco Today

Overland Park tennis player Zach Chen is ranked 1,377th in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 328 total points, split between 326 single points and 10 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 1,353rd 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
Mitchell Terhune	894	845	324
Rishi Goli	503	452	342
Henry Fu	391	384	48
Gautham Vignesh Srikanth	389	326	420
Zach Chen	328	326	10
Vihaan Reddy Mereddy	276	276	N/A
Sanjay Amaran	260	260	N/A
Anay Oberoi	260	260	N/A
Crius McMullin	257	234	150
Nidhish Padmanaban	254	247	48
Tanishq Anjankar	213	190	153
Tyden McMullin	183	160	150
Ethan Chen	166	159	48
Pranav Krishnan	146	146	N/A
Samuel Ospino	58	58	N/A
Haidan Anderson	44	44	N/A
Dhruv Shukla	42	42	N/A
Christopher Nie	30	30	N/A
Lucas Prier	24	24	N/A
Saikrish Subramanian	12	12	N/A
Filip Valenta	8	8	N/A