Cary tennis player Rishit Sharma won 108 points playing doubles tournaments in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association by the week ending Sept. 11.
They are ranked 1,674th, down from 1,632nd the week before.
Their 108 points playing doubles equal 15 percent of their total score, added to 100 percent of their singles points.
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.
Weekly standings collected on Nov. 9 from the USTA.
Junior Boys’ 14 doubles rankings in week ending Sept. 11
| Name | Doubles Points | Total Points |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Mayew | 6,120 | 6,543 |
| Muyang Yi | 1,635 | 3,240 |
| Alex Liu | 1,284 | 1,354 |
| Ashish Nadkarni | 1,200 | 1,241 |
| Kahven Singh | 1,002 | 1,145 |
| Ryan Corcoran | 757 | 798 |
| Ethan Garcia | 645 | 551 |
| Alfred Ye | 615 | 556 |
| Stephen Gervase | 570 | 722 |
| Adyan Sabir | 399 | 419 |
| Neel Varadan | 311 | 443 |
| Joseph Lee | 262 | 1,077 |
| Trishiv Premanand | 213 | 163 |
| Aidan Xu | 210 | 406 |
| Brandon Bao | 209 | 1,023 |
| Om Chitale | 197 | 240 |
| Rishit Sharma | 108 | 197 |
| Sohan Raghav Mulinti | 88 | 118 |
| Madeshan Muruganandam | 86 | 345 |
| Akshaj Goel | 66 | 106 |
| Ethan Wan | 54 | 341 |
| Prasham Salian | 51 | 155 |
| Kaushik Tatiraju | 30 | 136 |
| Adi Sabir | 30 | 87 |
| Arth Patil | 21 | 80 |
| Aarav Thakkar | 21 | 52 |
