NE Atlanta News

Cumming tennis player Nishad Sankar is ranked 5,561st in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending May 29.

They had 58 total points, split between 58 single points and any 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 5,487th 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 Hilsen	1,346	1,017	809
Kedar Desai	799	584	698
Ethan Esclamado	732	630	682
Yannik Alvarez	581	370	297
Shaurya Bajaj	410	390	130
Suryanarayana Ganjikunta	350	336	90
Nicolas Wild	342	258	287
Adhwaith Mahadev Harikumar Aruna	215	214	6
Tyler Cunningham	153	153	N/A
Steven Schade	106	106	N/A
Ganesh Meduri	102	102	N/A
Dylan Rodriguez	98	95	19
Shaan Majeed	94	94	N/A
Jackson Brady	87	82	36
Eben Gunyon	77	68	60
Tomas Laukys	63	52	N/A
Nishad Sankar	58	58	N/A
Aadi Dodda	38	38	N/A
Sanjay Raghav	35	35	N/A
Carlos Anzola	31	31	N/A
Nicholas Kelly	28	28	N/A
Shreyan Bajaj	25	24	6
Aaron Ewers	21	21	N/A
Antoine Denis	20	20	N/A
Vikunth Venkatesh	18	18	N/A
Hilton Stinson	18	17	6
Royce Arockiasamy	16	16	N/A
Agastya Bawane	11	10	6