South Raleigh News

Raleigh tennis player Thi Nguyen finished 5,687th in February in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started February ranked 5,519th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 68 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 February
Lincoln Battle	81	73	4,458
William Manning	418	413	1,596
Matthew Forbes	445	443	1,522
Parker Mariencheck	1,087	686	1,032
Joseph Dougherty	462	853	813
Travis Kimball	1,237	1,264	552
Rich Zhou	1,408	1,437	484
Alexander Higgins	1,438	1,478	470
Alexander Wood	1,468	1,507	460
Wyatt Cannon	2,055	2,110	305
Declan O'Brien	2,167	2,225	288
Jack Flagg	2,142	2,272	281
Christopher Davis	2,319	2,385	265
Anthony Dry	2,807	2,891	203
Brayden Hakerem	2,863	2,961	196
Briar McLellan	2,897	2,998	192
Matthew Robbins	3,077	3,171	176
John Agnew	3,331	3,445	156
Elias Morcos	3,887	3,592	147
Gavin Goode	4,111	4,220	115
Griffin Goode	4,604	4,739	95
Jackson Walser	4,770	4,890	90
Duy-Thai Nguyen	4,918	5,054	86
Alex Ovalle	4,934	5,071	85
Keith O'Brien	4,977	5,113	84
Cameron Lange	5,211	5,152	83
Will Calingaert	5,110	5,260	79
Jonathan Hinson	4,905	5,276	78
Thi Nguyen	5,519	5,687	68
Samuel Schainblatt	6,647	6,833	46
Benjamin Pataki	6,710	6,896	46
Harrison Glickstein	6,766	6,949	44
Joseph Damare	6,875	7,057	42
Jackson Manning	7,679	7,504	37
Gabriel Morcos	N/A	8,178	30
Matthew Southern	8,140	8,366	30
Andrew Black	8,240	8,474	28
Brandon Keisner	8,314	8,544	27
Malek Mustafa	8,334	8,566	27
Andrew Beeson	8,413	8,636	26
Divesh Anchaliya	8,569	8,890	24
Patrick F. Newton	9,119	9,412	20
Logan Jimenez	9,188	9,485	20