Columbia Standard

Columbia tennis player Lani Sturgeon won 79 points playing singles tournaments in the junior Girls’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association by the week ending April 15.

Their 79 points playing singles are combined with 15 percent of their doubles points and any bonus points for a 13,787th ranking.

They were ranked 13,647th 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.

Rank	Name	Singles Points	Total Points
2,723	Frances Smith	773	920
3,476	Jenna Lin	613	624
3,834	Sara Nenkov	562	606
5,240	Amali Noel Ramesh	412	412
6,808	Rebecca Stamose	306	347
8,965	Helen Miller	210	222
9,795	Kate Kimes	182	198
10,350	Caroline Timmons	166	166
10,574	Lilian Powell	160	165
10,996	Prathy Premkunar	150	161
11,135	Mary Frances Iseman	148	148
15,349	Megan Long	81	81
15,557	Lani Sturgeon	79	85
16,857	Satya Hansika Yarasi	66	66
18,744	Mena Manolov	52	66
19,216	Emily Smith	48	49
20,484	Gisele Atim	41	59
20,484	Catherine Smith	41	42
22,145	Sai Yarasi	32	32
22,646	Addison Odle	30	31
22,646	Louisa Wiesemann	30	30
24,725	Sage Biedermann	24	24