Columbia Standard

Columbia tennis player Frances Smith won 162 points playing singles tournaments in the junior Girls’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association by the week ending April 15.

Their 162 points playing singles are combined with 15 percent of their doubles points and any bonus points for a 9,266th ranking.

They were ranked 9,201st 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
6,972	Mirra Manolov	297	342
10,490	Frances Smith	162	195
11,135	Jenna Lin	148	150
12,732	Rebecca Stamose	116	121
12,841	Aparna Sivaraman	114	114
13,577	Emma Horan	102	102
14,701	Sara Nenkov	89	89
15,267	Amali Noel Ramesh	82	82
19,561	Helen Miller	46	49
21,002	Lilian Powell	38	39
22,022	Caroline Timmons	33	33
22,531	Mary Frances Iseman	31	31
22,646	Prathy Premkunar	30	32
29,302	Kate Kimes	13	13
29,562	Lani Sturgeon	12	12
29,562	Megan Long	12	12
30,587	Satya Hansika Yarasi	11	11
30,858	Mclaurin Bankhead	10	10