Omaha City Wire

Omaha tennis player Jake Smiley is ranked 2,452nd in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 279 total points, split between 270 single points and 60 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 2,502nd 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
Alex Liu	1,063	855	1,077
Eddie Zeng	1,046	866	1,200
Troy Shefsky	844	683	813
Rowan Lunning	771	701	465
Micah Cortinas	485	458	168
Eric Zhou	358	327	205
John Krueger	348	348	N/A
Jake Smiley	279	270	60
Haorong Li Jr.	255	255	N/A
Benjamin Clausen	223	214	60
Nicholas Krehbiel	152	152	N/A
Nick Wang	128	128	N/A
Sachin Suresh	126	126	N/A
Kaibo Xu	123	121	N/A
Patrick Berry	96	96	N/A
Charlie Dombrowski	84	84	N/A
Brody Armbrust	78	78	N/A
Logan Samuelson	72	72	N/A
Bingyi Wang	66	66	N/A
Jackson Mu	63	50	85
Anuraag Ganti	62	62	N/A
Zane Robinson	40	40	N/A
Ethan Schroder	38	38	N/A
Arun Rao	37	37	N/A
Matt McGill	32	32	N/A
Tucker Clausen	30	30	N/A
Lucas Zhou	19	19	N/A
Rishi Chundury	19	19	N/A
Austin Gong	17	17	N/A