Minneapolis Review

Minneapolis tennis player Kamalesh Packiaraj finished 6,155th in February in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started February ranked 6,003rd.

By the end of the month they’d earned 60 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
Matthew Fullerton	126	146	3,171
Nolan Ranger	344	232	2,413
Zachary Leslie	399	605	1,152
Evan Fraser	1,187	1,001	709
Sujit Chepuri	695	1,094	635
Kai Chen	1,078	1,100	630
Eli Notkin	1,870	1,577	438
Ram Subramanian	1,814	1,786	375
Samuel Murillo	2,312	1,898	350
Nicholas Anderson	2,268	2,328	272
Humza Chaudhri	2,529	2,610	235
Abhinav Maneesh	2,968	2,905	202
Bode Campbell	2,988	3,085	183
Gavin Kelleher	3,483	3,170	176
Zackary Chaffey	7,708	3,186	175
Rishi Ranjith	3,100	3,197	175
Braden Fitzgerald	3,462	3,562	149
Samuel Wolden	3,309	3,633	144
Theodore Grimes	4,152	4,270	113
Dmitry Parker	4,305	4,420	106
Andy Norman	4,369	4,492	104
Marcus Hosfield	4,748	4,873	90
Matthew Maciosek	5,349	5,166	82
Zachary Irrthum	5,910	5,216	80
Zander Zoia	5,114	5,267	78
Tanay Panguluri	5,220	5,389	75
Sai Buddi	5,623	5,784	65
Isaac Lower	5,668	5,832	64
Kamalesh Packiaraj	6,003	6,155	60
Logan James	6,243	6,385	54
Zachary Piehl	6,237	6,397	54
Samuel Leslie	3,268	6,490	53
Lou Smith	6,571	6,550	52
Jasper Strom	6,406	6,589	51
Sean Oslund	6,835	7,019	43
Ben Rempe	7,843	8,090	30
Anthony Helmer	7,941	8,237	30
Zahir Hassan	9,662	8,591	27
Gourav Kumar	8,549	8,786	25
Dhiren Akkina	8,723	8,966	24
Giovanni Crescini	9,017	9,286	21
Joshua Cook	9,070	9,339	20
Ryder Held	N/A	9,623	19
Raiden Chen	9,633	9,931	17