Mercer Times

Princeton Junction tennis player Shriyan Kumar won 244 points playing doubles tournaments in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association by the week ending Sept. 11.

They are ranked 681st, down from 659th the week before.

Their 244 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.

Name	Doubles Points	Total Points
Ravin Lalla	693	841
Rohan Ramachandran	693	657
Rajveer Dharkar	664	298
Shriyan Kumar	244	509