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Cumming tennis player Rishith Yellu finished 5,557th in February in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started February ranked 5,690th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 78 points across singles and doubles tournaments.

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.

Rankings are released weekly.

Name	Starting Rank	Ending Rank	Total Points at end of February
Yannik Alvarez	88	90	4,120
Nicolas Wild	247	267	1,932
Shaan Majeed	321	303	1,776
Tomas Laukys	468	518	1,145
Shaurya Bajaj	494	538	1,112
Hriday Narang	712	673	910
Vivan Akella	695	700	876
Vikunth Venkatesh	1,372	1,472	486
Kevin Jonathan	1,385	1,483	482
Dylan Rodriguez	1,391	1,487	481
Everett Meinhardt	1,479	1,592	459
Sanjay Raghav	1,510	1,609	454
Rijul Rapelly	2,184	1,687	436
Samuel Choi	2,378	2,246	323
Vardhan Lukkani	2,346	2,378	300
Saketh Nimma	2,339	2,490	280
Shreyan Bajaj	2,450	2,560	270
Agastya Bawane	2,469	2,631	261
Hilton Stinson	2,620	2,937	223
Aaron Ewers	3,018	3,223	193
Thailesh Muruganandam	3,210	3,269	190
Ryan Herrington	3,494	3,614	164
Jack Herrington	3,669	3,929	143
Harper Lummus	6,020	4,555	111
Satwik Peddireddi	4,441	4,779	102
Cooper Ostermeier	4,477	4,821	100
Brady Martin	4,812	5,173	89
Rishith Yellu	5,690	5,557	78
Antoine Denis	6,299	6,786	51
Benjamin Taiana	7,702	6,787	51
Ryals Earnhardt	6,434	6,924	48
Laurens Cot	9,121	7,578	39
Asher Miller	N/A	8,314	31
Vrishank Pydipalli	7,894	8,403	30
Joe Stinson	9,263	8,827	28
Christian Gutierrez	N/A	9,097	24
Brayden Huey	N/A	9,508	22