South Palm Beach Today

Boca Raton tennis player Ajinkya Karnataki is ranked 852nd in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 815 total points, split between 720 single points and 303 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 849th 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
Tristan Ryerson	2,187	1,603	1,568
Christian Yeagley	1,747	1,605	945
Rafael Ferreira	1,668	1,128	1,298
Lucca Acioly	1,070	872	1,170
Matthew Shapiro	934	661	813
Ajinkya Karnataki	815	720	303
Jack Harris	777	721	375
Max Henson	622	548	495
Luc Metz	537	514	150
Dante Massetta	529	529	N/A
Rama Subodh Pottipati	524	414	339
Jadon Price	516	505	N/A
Rafael Correa	491	491	N/A
Benjamin Mann	463	463	N/A
Brayden Amey	460	362	444
Sejong Kim	454	454	N/A
Arkadiy Balyberdin	453	453	N/A
Max Freedman	428	397	148
Yanni Anagnostopoulos	383	277	297
Marco Lee	360	360	N/A
Enzo Carvalho	352	311	245
Luis Plasencia	342	342	N/A
Adam Bagon	318	318	N/A
Matias Hoyos	303	303	N/A
Christian Naya	277	277	N/A
Alexey Oshchepkov	276	260	105
Alexander Georgiev	271	217	288
Rafael Bote	267	246	N/A
Jay Kubota	254	254	N/A
Rafael Gracie	252	241	N/A
Ashwin Chawla	238	238	N/A
Cristobal Plasencia	217	199	N/A
Guilherme Costa	215	215	N/A
Will Cowan	208	178	198
Daniil Berezin	196	159	165
Yichen Wu	188	188	N/A
Joshua Huller	175	175	N/A
Nicolas Allel	174	174	N/A
Dmitrii Ganovichev	159	151	42
Mikaeel Alibaig	134	117	99
Noah Chapman	130	130	N/A
Andres Ponce	128	128	N/A
Teo Petrowski	122	122	N/A
Matias Moran	120	120	N/A
Colter Amey	119	104	N/A
Max Pollock	102	102	N/A
Tyler McKinnon	101	101	N/A
Ko Fujikawa	76	76	N/A
Giovanni E. Nascimento Souza	76	76	N/A
Alexander Picos	76	74	10
Isaak Almaleh	75	70	36
Max Roddy	73	64	N/A
Evan Greenfield	70	70	N/A
Chase McKinnon	67	67	N/A
Enzo Lobo	64	62	10
Sebastian Yeagley	63	58	30
Dhruv Kallat	62	62	N/A
Sultan Temirbek	60	60	N/A
Illia Volkov	58	58	N/A
Victor Lobo	58	56	10
Denys Forgaci	56	56	N/A
Alex Garcia	56	56	N/A
Victor Pignaton	54	44	30
Benjamin Allel	54	54	N/A
Lorenzo Cavalcante	50	50	N/A
Yash Pursnani	50	50	N/A
Daniel Naya	48	48	N/A
Adam Kharoubi	48	48	N/A
Zack Kaplan	46	46	N/A
Henry Crowe	44	44	N/A
Eduardo Cardenas	40	40	N/A
Taroon Muthuswamy	38	38	N/A
Nicholas Kargin-Utkin	38	38	N/A
Vitor Reche	36	36	N/A
Rodion Grinchak	35	35	N/A