Mercer Times

Princeton tennis player Sebastian Balestri is ranked 3,447th in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 68 total points, split between 68 single points and any 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 3,520th 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
Prahalad Dharma	2,602	1,815	2,693
Qi Ao	1,546	1,102	1,600
Tacto Yamada	335	330	30
Vishaan Balawat	255	255	N/A
Darshan Chidambaram	122	122	N/A
Rishab Sajikumar	104	104	N/A
Stephen Ghiuvea	84	84	N/A
Sebastian Balestri	68	68	N/A
Ryoma Doda	65	56	60
Andrey Sarkisov	48	48	N/A
Aryn Jain	44	44	N/A
Miles Giblin	36	36	N/A
Safin Safdar	24	24	N/A
Avyukt Sharma	20	20	N/A
Camille Deike	20	20	N/A
Tiger Wang	20	20	N/A
Isaac Penn	16	16	N/A
Mukund Venkatesan	16	16	N/A
Zidaan Jain-Edwards	8	8	N/A
Sawyer Ramsden	8	8	N/A
Prathyush Yeturi	5	N/A	30
Felix Yu	4	4	N/A