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Palo Alto tennis player Thomas Li is ranked 1,741st in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 389 total points, split between 374 single points and 97 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 1,734th 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	7,029	4,898	1,951
Yuanye Ma	2,708	1,869	1,921
Surya Dedatta	1,407	1,143	1,476
Sandy Li	491	478	87
Thomas Li	389	374	97
Lucas Tung	184	184	N/A
Blair Chen	153	130	108
Owen Li	146	144	11
Kotaro Kato	110	110	N/A
Oakley Koegler	70	70	N/A
Andrew Zhao	66	66	N/A
Holden Lee	60	60	N/A
Atharv Mahajan	60	60	N/A
Nuri Hafizi	56	56	N/A
Kai Hashimoto	56	56	N/A
Ian Liu	40	40	N/A
Arnav Pendse	34	32	15