Tampa Republic

Tampa tennis player Pugal Venthan Vijayakumar is ranked 1,916th in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 357 total points, split between 333 single points and 160 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 1,634th 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
Aidan Gionis	1,931	1,436	1,793
Sebastian Fuentes	583	583	N/A
Rajveer Dhillon	501	424	510
Christian Castro	376	316	402
Pugal Venthan Vijayakumar	357	333	160
Blake Okoh	331	268	285
Luca Morello	307	292	101
Diego Pernalete	305	305	N/A
Jake Lima	297	245	346
Tommaso Caucchioli	295	287	50
Jonathan Cheng	246	246	N/A
Saisravanth Yeturu	245	245	N/A
Benjamin Kuenzig	238	209	131
Ignacio Salazar Guzman	225	225	N/A
Lev Kashchuk	188	186	12
Ethan Lin	163	163	N/A
Nicolas Schwartz	158	158	N/A
Simon Le	106	103	23
Aahan Gupta	92	92	N/A
Thanay Chalasani	90	90	N/A
Abhinav Sambaath	79	79	N/A
Owen Stechschulte	79	79	N/A
Immanuel Fair	68	68	N/A
Cade Holland	64	64	N/A
Siddarth Jaikumar	56	56	N/A
Aarnav Nandur	55	50	32
Leo Sayag	53	53	N/A
Vedahas Yeturu	44	44	N/A
Julien Allee	42	42	N/A
Joseph Jones	34	33	4
Boden Houck	30	30	N/A