NE Atlanta News

Cumming tennis player Shaurya Bajaj is ranked 2,037th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 387 total points, split between 304 single points and 528 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 2,077th 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
Kedar Desai	1,860	1,395	2,202
Yannik Alvarez	1,376	954	1,332
Blake Hilsen	1,108	736	1,944
Cooper Johnson	625	575	330
William Bayer	495	439	376
Nicolas Wild	485	361	779
Adhwaith Mahadev Harikumar Aruna	455	450	31
Sanjay Raghav	420	418	11
Shaurya Bajaj	387	304	528
Shaan Majeed	344	293	251
Dylan Rodriguez	329	323	40
Jackson Brady	303	298	30
Eben Gunyon	207	193	90
Hriday Narang	198	189	57
Vivan Akella	186	175	76
Michael Thornton	166	166	N/A
Bryce Lepine	157	150	48
Suryanarayana Ganjikunta	138	124	90
Royce Arockiasamy	138	138	N/A
Aadi Dodda	128	128	N/A
Samuel Choi	125	125	N/A
Aneesh Seemakurthy	120	120	N/A
Kevin Jonathan	108	108	N/A
Vikunth Venkatesh	94	92	10
Everett Meinhardt	92	89	21
Daiwik Shashikanth	70	70	N/A
Vardhan Lukkani	62	59	21
Hilton Stinson	60	59	6
Saketh Nimma	57	57	N/A
Agastya Bawane	43	42	6
Aaron Ewers	40	39	4
Thailesh Muruganandam	38	38	N/A
Julian Coronado	32	32	N/A
Pranav Marneni	32	32	N/A
Shreyan Bajaj	31	25	40