Kern County Times

Los Angeles tennis player Brandon Lustgarten finished 6,509th in February in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started February ranked 6,417th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 53 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
Cassius Chinlund	541	496	1,377
Michael Cheng	591	606	1,152
Michael Kaplan	617	630	1,123
Andrew Mendelson	625	641	1,108
Brodie Young-Smith	1,083	1,105	628
Aidan Adham	1,236	1,157	603
Julian Alamares	1,350	1,381	503
Sam Landau	1,559	1,599	431
William Schneir	1,799	1,862	358
Diego Marin	1,816	1,876	354
Nischal Spurling	2,461	2,530	244
Andrew Arkow	2,605	2,684	227
Liam Oliver	3,500	3,597	146
Dane Harrington	3,588	3,688	141
Henry Payne	4,328	4,447	105
Colin Yarbrough	4,338	4,453	105
Oliver Lifton	4,966	4,736	95
Cooper Kline	4,893	5,032	86
Tory Bailey	4,995	5,134	83
Grant Fisher	5,157	5,328	77
Andrew Palacci	5,844	6,029	60
Brandon Lustgarten	6,417	6,509	53
Ethan Kim	8,779	7,135	42
Nathan Haile	7,080	7,297	39
Alexander Nickoll	7,206	7,428	38
Elliott Meth	7,244	7,466	38
Shane Hines	7,280	7,503	37
Isaac Parra	7,682	7,913	32
Miles Whitehead	8,777	8,385	30
Ian Lieberman	8,385	8,388	30
Jeremy Park	9,012	8,751	25
Caleb Tsai	8,960	9,230	22
Gabriel Welch	N/A	9,444	20
Jackson Zinn	N/A	9,539	19
Jacob Glazer	9,286	9,588	19
Zachary Zolla-Imerman	9,538	9,830	18
Jody Croasdaile	9,670	9,966	17