Pulaski Times

Little Rock tennis player Wesley McClure finished 1,208th in November in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started November ranked 1,145th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 535 points 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 November
Noah Becker	93	95	3,704
Wesley McClure	1,145	1,208	535
Jake Maxson	1,239	1,731	361
Conner Lloyd	2,408	2,357	242
Deandre Ross	2,429	2,376	240
Anthony Tran	2,536	2,497	225
Stefan Tudoreanu	1,847	2,519	222
Spartagus Wolfe	2,784	2,723	201
Malcolm Wengel	2,865	2,804	192
Isaiah Bordador	2,874	2,859	186
Alexander Wells	2,799	3,250	154
Jonah Becker	4,648	4,845	83
Yashwanth Gokarakonda	5,779	5,781	60
Peter Jara	6,575	6,471	46
Brandon Nguyen	8,985	6,548	45
Caden Highfill	7,544	7,544	30
Avery Horton	7,702	7,717	30
Siddhartha Vaka	8,005	8,015	29
Christian Dixon	8,439	8,452	24
Ethan Tan	8,761	8,739	21
Niccolo Duina	N/A	8,845	20
Richmond Terrell	N/A	9,611	16