Chicago City Wire

Chicago tennis player Lakshman Sinha is ranked 1,374th in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 483 total points, split between 454 single points and 194 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 1,356th 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
Luca Sevim	2,318	1,836	1,713
Kiyan Alsikafi	1,300	1,125	412
Thomas Gjoklaj	694	672	N/A
Mark Tismensky	631	592	259
Raghuvir Sriram	551	467	213
Nhylan Westmoreland	543	543	N/A
Lakshman Sinha	483	454	194
Benjamin Cuervo	437	408	194
Thomas Cilella	424	360	328
Feriyadi Hasnovi	408	408	N/A
Jakob Kohn	373	358	97
Varun Viges	355	332	150
Arjun Sawhney	348	348	N/A
Marko Bakrac	230	230	N/A
Alexander Lapins	192	192	N/A
Eli Goodman	190	190	N/A
Nikolas Gulyayev	188	188	N/A
Beck Riley	172	147	106
Arjun Sawardekar	160	160	N/A
Kiran Mullangi	159	159	N/A
Jake Lee	139	139	N/A
Ruben Hayrapetyan	128	128	N/A
Nino Pinto	123	114	N/A
Henry Alesia	110	110	N/A
Paras Cherukuri	78	78	N/A
Koushik Sengupta	76	71	30
Jonathan Kaminski	70	70	N/A
Diego Valverde	68	68	N/A
Declan Smith	67	67	N/A
Solomon Ruttenberg	48	48	N/A
Dakota Croix Blackman	47	47	N/A
Theodore Schlater	47	47	N/A
James Rolls	36	36	N/A
Adler Lafayette	34	34	N/A
Karthik Viges	31	31	N/A
David Morowitz	28	28	N/A
Shaan Khorana	28	28	N/A
Kharon Edge	27	27	N/A
Soham Desai	27	27	N/A