Dupage Policy Journal

Naperville tennis player Brayden Cao won 139 points playing singles tournaments in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association by the week ending March 5.

Their 139 points playing singles are combined with 15 percent of their doubles points and any bonus points for a 12,251st ranking.

They were ranked 12,251st 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	Singles Points	Total Points
Mihir Arya	461	515
Ishan Suresh Kumar	430	433
Gautam Mani	404	404
Akhil Matham	396	396
Jayden Chiou	153	153
Brayden Cao	139	139
Kavin Sivapunniyam	91	91
Lucas Qi	90	90
Boris Sirotkin	64	64
Ritvik Korrapati	54	54
Ricky Kim	52	52
Noah Eun	50	50
Kendall Tai Nghiem	39	41
Jai Gupta	36	36
Max Buxbaum	36	36
Ronak Chugh	36	36
Raghu Nandan Kannan	35	35
Charles Zheng	32	32
Kinsler Tien Nghiem	32	34
Brighton Kahng	30	30
Ibrahim Faruqi	28	28
Soren Casey	28	28
Samir Sahdev	26	26
Keshav Menon	25	25
Gavin Kestenberg	24	24
Aneesh Datla	17	17