Mercer Times

Princeton tennis player Tanay Patil is ranked 698th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 981 total points, split between 824 single points and 1,049 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 711th 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
Jack Ling	3,017	2,364	2,398
Tanay Patil	981	824	1,049
Melvin Huang	723	591	804
Andrew Kuo	340	340	N/A
Garrett Mathewson	323	315	38
Zachary Picard	215	204	N/A
Qi Ao	177	137	255
Akash Gogate	156	156	N/A
Nikita Medvedev	100	100	N/A
Jaiden Jain-Edwards	98	98	N/A
David Jin	98	92	38
Kevin Lang	78	78	N/A
Jayant Venkatesan	71	68	19
Advaith Praveen	65	65	N/A
Prahalad Dharma	53	37	108
Tristan Salvner	48	48	N/A