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Palo Alto tennis player Alexander Sanford is ranked 1,491st in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending May 29.

They had 392 total points, split between 392 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 1,714th 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
Lixing Jiang	1,407	1,328	N/A
Yuanye Ma	786	775	N/A
Surya Dedatta	532	472	126
Daniel Sagatelian	495	484	N/A
Blair Chen	425	360	N/A
Alexander Sanford	392	392	N/A
Kotaro Kunimoto	290	265	N/A
Sandy Li	140	140	N/A
Owen Schroeder	64	64	N/A
Nikhil Muthiah	47	47	N/A
Sathvik Lokesh	43	43	N/A
Andrew Zhao	16	16	N/A
Arnav Pendse	12	12	N/A
Michael Ma	5	5	N/A