West Wake News

Cary tennis player Shaunak Patel is ranked 2,951st in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 92 total points, split between 92 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 3,026th 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
Kahven Singh	6,629	4,088	6,420
Ryan Corcoran	4,874	2,568	4,778
Mason Fekete	2,034	1,509	1,989
Om Chitale	1,414	1,014	1,614
Trishiv Premanand	1,264	972	1,500
Rishit Sharma	1,154	887	1,028
Kaushik Tatiraju	731	654	510
Sohan Raghav Mulinti	704	593	592
Akshaj Goel	627	555	480
Arth Patil	497	330	210
Aarav Thakkar	358	326	210
Liam Pedraza	341	341	N/A
Nick Otto	268	268	N/A
Vinay Mullapudi	148	148	N/A
Jeffery Zhong	146	146	N/A
Leyton Revels	142	142	N/A
Paul Rebeyrat	142	142	N/A
Connor Andrews	120	120	N/A
Arnav Sharma	100	100	N/A
Sahir Chandwani	94	94	N/A
Shaunak Patel	92	92	N/A
Aryan Mehta	90	90	N/A
Sidharth Kasarla	84	84	N/A
Sanjay Athuru	82	82	N/A
Jack Ye	80	80	N/A
Akshaj Tati	76	76	N/A
Surya Sanjiv	70	70	N/A
Ian Hazard	68	68	N/A
Hrithik Ajith	60	60	N/A
Prahalad Vishwanath	58	58	N/A
James Gloer	56	56	N/A
Witt Talton	56	56	N/A
Advaith Sankar	42	42	N/A
Spencer Park	40	40	N/A
Declan Ulrich	32	32	N/A
Ishaan Kumar	32	32	N/A
Benjamin Wang	24	24	N/A
Ayaan Patel	24	24	N/A
Montell Salary	24	24	N/A
Derek Zhang	24	24	N/A
Shlok Goswami	20	20	N/A
Graham Hoyles	16	16	N/A
Saahil Anchan	16	16	N/A
Stuart Pedraza	12	12	N/A
Hamza Ameen	12	12	N/A