South SFV Today

There are eight junior tennis players from Santa Clara ranked in the Boys’ 18 category in the week ending Oct. 21 by the United States Tennis Association.

There were eight junior tennis players who ranked in Boys' 18 bracket the previous week.

Tommy Kim is the top ranked boy in the category with 1,908 points.

Players earn points by winning matches in tournaments, with bonus points awarded based on the standing of their opponent.

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.

Rank	Name	Bonus Points
297	Tommy Kim	23
342	Parth Hathalia	146
1,176	Nicholas Chen	23
2,307	Koshin Gokhale	0
2,887	Redger Xu	0
4,213	Rehaan Karnik	0
8,311	Yuki Hase	0
9,449	Harry Clarke	0