Central OC Times

Irvine tennis player Kaiden Somaratne won 53 points playing doubles tournaments in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association by June.

They started June ranked 6,548th.

Their 53 points playing doubles equal 15 percent of their total score, added to 100 percent of their singles points.

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	Doubles Points	Total Points
Learner Tien	6,090	13,760
Cayden Wang	4,740	6,780
Rohan Yarlagadda	2,555	2,060
Justin Chung	2,232	4,375
Tobias Luo	2,015	3,559
Sanghyuk Im	1,584	1,036
Ethan B. Kim	1,522	1,779
Brayden Tallakson	1,028	954
Payton Nguyen	997	965
Rishvanth Krishna	875	1,064
Champion Okey	706	142
Champion Okey	706	142
Yu-Hong Chen	675	1,680
Winner Okey	654	626
Anirudh Gupta	585	1,790
Ethan John	468	560
Sufyan Ashraf	459	432
Yicheng Wang	397	60
Alex Croitoru	328	699
Jihyuk Im	277	252
Connor Hwang	216	507
Christopher Hong	197	194
Jayden Spurgiasz	144	311
Ulysse Verrando	144	387
Reid Hashimoto	135	99
Reid Hashimoto	135	99
Aaron Zhu	123	510
William Zhang	108	265
Roy Hashimoto	72	83
Roy Hashimoto	72	83
Rohan Grewal	68	332
Kaiden Somaratne	53	95
Kaiden Somaratne	53	95
Nathan Han	49	97
Langston Walter-Wu	49	98
Langston Walter-Wu	49	98
Nathan Han	49	97
Cedric Lichtsteiner	20	54
Isaac Stewart	20	103
Daniel Zhu	20	105
Daniel Zhu	20	105
Isaac Stewart	20	103
Cedric Lichtsteiner	20	54
Arjun Appa	15	64
Arjun Appa	15	64
Tyler Chandler	11	57
Tyler Chandler	11	57
Aashray Atmakur	10	68
Aashray Atmakur	10	68
Gavin Hui	4	49
Gavin Hui	4	49
Ziming Tang	2	41
Ziming Tang	2	41