Chicago City Wire

There are 29 junior tennis players from Chicago ranked in the Boys’ 12 category in the week ending Nov. 20 by the United States Tennis Association.

There were 29 junior tennis players who ranked in Boys' 12 bracket the previous week.

Luca Sevim is the top ranked boy in the category with 4,412 points.

Players earn points by winning matches in tournaments, with bonus points awarded based on the standing of their opponent.

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.

Rank	Name	Bonus Points
48	Luca Sevim	1,082
223	Raghuvir Sriram	113
450	Thomas Cilella	79
1,023	Beck Riley	0
1,180	Devan Khorana	0
1,646	Koushik Sengupta	0
1,726	Lakshman Sinha	0
2,004	Shaan Khorana	0
2,057	James Rolls	0
2,219	Paras Cherukuri	0
2,620	Gian Mullangi	0
2,864	Nikolas Gulyayev	0
2,966	Eli Goodman	0
3,462	Dakota Croix Blackman	0
3,581	Atticus Peterson	0
3,599	Jimmie Chrusfield III	0
3,682	Declan Smith	0
3,685	James Ward	0
3,983	Nino Pinto	0
4,009	Marko Bakrac	0
4,269	Vuk Nikolic	0
4,405	Ian-Nicholas Da Ponte Cooper	0
4,452	Eli Strusiner	0
4,702	Adler Lafayette	0
4,952	Kharon Edge	0
5,108	Atticus Whitted	0
5,224	Saverio Ruta	0
5,332	Karthik Viges	0
5,805	Tyler O'Brien	0