Omaha City Wire

Omaha tennis player Eddie Zeng finished 673rd in May in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started May ranked 655th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 591 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 May
Alex Liu	89	103	2,859
Troy Shefsky	102	123	2,598
Micah Cortinas	328	341	1,092
Eddie Zeng	655	673	591
Benjamin Clausen	916	897	455
Eric Zhou	1,131	1,137	344
John Krueger	1,944	1,904	153
Kaibo Xu	2,795	1,928	150
Matt McGill	2,374	2,413	90
Jake Renes	2,580	2,647	71
Nicholas Krehbiel	2,609	2,676	68
Haorong Li Jr.	2,686	2,762	63