Pasco Reporter

Wesley Chapel tennis player Andrew Adanas finished 7,762nd in December in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started December ranked 7,516th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 32 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 December
Bautista Durrels Rojo	394	397	1,350
Diego Custodio	451	463	1,178
Mark Mrcela	492	496	1,113
Morgan Bucaille	1,094	1,148	561
Peter Nistad	2,267	1,812	391
Hugo Fidler	1,651	1,853	386
Luke Conner	1,834	1,890	378
Tim Eckermann	1,965	2,043	346
Matthew Adanas	2,501	2,253	303
Michael Miller	3,405	3,554	158
Blake Lipo	4,836	5,008	85
Timothy Mrcela	5,124	5,323	76
Francisco Rodriguez Bustos	5,158	5,366	74
Belal Aref	6,223	6,448	50
Andrew Adanas	7,516	7,762	32
Cody Nguyen	8,556	8,855	23
Yash Pursnani	9,495	9,838	16
Trev Le	9,567	9,858	16