Oakland City Wire

Los Angeles tennis player Whalen Farish is ranked 1,478th in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 302 total points, split between 302 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 1,525th 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
Kiran Spurling	3,419	1,968	3,128
Simon Lifton	2,387	1,893	1,343
Alex Bakhtiari	1,778	1,425	1,982
Zachary Zolla-Imerman	1,166	1,124	279
Aiden Zadeh	974	868	336
Kensho Ford	791	765	97
Connor Yang	645	539	556
Jude Liebesman	494	480	90
Xavier Leo Raymundo	392	392	N/A
Waylon Lin	391	350	270
Evan Tsan	329	329	N/A
Whalen Farish	302	302	N/A
Ethan Kim	290	290	N/A
Ryan Zadeh	236	236	N/A
Charlie Ford	234	234	N/A
Christian Studer	196	196	N/A
Ulises Plot Wichmacki	162	162	N/A
Nathan Tefera	160	160	N/A
Philo Hornby-Simmons	112	112	N/A
James Gleason	98	98	N/A
Atlas Tupper	94	94	N/A
Gabriel Bergemann	88	88	N/A
Beau Bronson Foster	70	70	N/A
Zane Montiel	48	48	N/A
Ori Bard	44	44	N/A
Eric Xie	36	36	N/A
Jack Plotkowski	30	30	N/A
Rafael Weibel	24	24	N/A
Amazin Money-Walker	24	24	N/A
Ashton Lee	24	24	N/A
Amazin Moneywalker	16	16	N/A