South Raleigh News

Raleigh tennis player Forrest Read is ranked 1,324th in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 342 total points, split between 342 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 1,302nd 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
Griffin Goode	8,893	5,018	7,725
Blick Alexander	3,356	2,309	2,160
Johnny Wolf	2,375	1,566	2,526
William Goodwin	1,229	1,086	660
Ambrose Alexander	1,187	837	1,664
Blount Williams	1,066	776	1,563
Jeremy Osborne	779	634	810
Sam Albouyeh	490	440	330
Forrest Read	342	342	N/A
Gabriel Tripamer	296	289	48
Liam Weaver	260	260	N/A
David Garcia	199	199	N/A
Nathan Ye	198	198	N/A
Brewer Brock	194	194	N/A
Cameron Wolborsky	138	138	N/A
Watts Goodmon	138	138	N/A
George Yelverton	130	130	N/A
Jojo Hancock	120	120	N/A
Luke Currie	108	108	N/A
Nicholas Loaiza	100	100	N/A
Jack Goatcher	86	86	N/A
Grantham Sparrow	84	84	N/A
Smith Fricks	84	84	N/A
Mason Hardwick	68	68	N/A
Luca Castaneda	56	56	N/A
Winston Tate	50	50	N/A
Kaden Shower	46	46	N/A
Worth Wilson	42	42	N/A
Maxwell Skvarcius	30	30	N/A
Alexander Phillips	30	30	N/A
Grant Nelson	24	24	N/A
Benny Maynard	24	24	N/A
Arjun Srivastava	18	18	N/A
Oliver Hemingway	12	12	N/A
Philip Linden	10	10	N/A
Cole Matthews	10	10	N/A
Jordan Yelverton	8	8	N/A