Mercer Times

Princeton tennis player Advaith Praveen finished 5,125th in November in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started November ranked 4,785th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 78 points across singles and doubles tournaments.

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.

Rankings are released weekly.

Name	Starting Rank	Ending Rank	Total Points at end of November
Garrett Mathewson	871	896	677
David Jin	2,813	2,058	332
Andrew Kuo	2,058	2,097	326
Prahalad Dharma	2,168	2,182	310
Dhruv Ramaswamy	2,354	2,220	302
Steven Chen	2,452	2,506	260
Rishabh Ramaswamy	2,370	2,535	256
Qi Ao	2,536	2,551	253
Kevin Lang	4,125	4,247	114
Zarek Chen	4,413	4,539	100
Vishaan Balawat	4,887	5,008	83
Advaith Praveen	4,785	5,125	78
Santiago Montoreano	5,119	5,260	74
Lukas Karapelou	5,168	5,492	68
Tacto Yamada	5,367	5,537	67
Azlan Safdar	8,056	6,017	56
Konstantin Mironov	7,518	7,699	30
Rishab Sajikumar	9,661	9,991	14