Las Vegas City Wire

Las Vegas tennis player Samuel Fouse finished 1,482nd in November in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started November ranked 1,823rd.

By the end of the month they’d earned 488 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 November
Sanjeev Chundu	35	33	5,419
Mark Lapko	78	52	4,627
Dylan Blenkiron	125	90	3,912
Rocco Mendez	63	109	3,546
Jon Gamble	314	182	2,713
Ronin Kasday	406	435	1,377
Alexander Oxenuk	434	441	1,364
Ari Fackrell	523	526	1,204
Jonas Santos	577	538	1,181
Wynn Shioi	475	614	1,057
Adan Tarquino	733	662	1,007
Nikola Dobrijevic	520	711	935
Bronson Desisto	948	817	819
Peter Banyai	1,818	1,397	514
Brandon Vo	1,787	1,422	506
Samuel Fouse	1,823	1,482	488
Sergey Andreev	2,023	2,205	339
Gadiel Mosqueda	3,725	2,713	265
Vishnu Sivakumar	2,801	2,863	247
Aden Hamatian	2,945	3,002	232
Bangalie Turay	2,978	3,242	206
Conner Copley	3,497	3,404	191
Balin Gupta	3,735	3,489	184
Greylon Durkin	3,778	3,648	173
Christopher Andre	3,855	3,936	151
Aaron Segal	3,948	4,144	140
Brandon Trinh	4,109	4,195	137
Brady Coates	4,580	4,431	125
Rohan Gupta	4,490	4,553	120
Ryan Roxarzade	5,481	4,761	111
Luke Anderson	7,274	5,127	97
Josiah Joseph Garlan	5,987	6,143	69
Michael Bergin	6,797	6,961	54
Mason Whiting	7,947	7,155	51
Toure Beckom	N/A	8,080	38
Pharrell Redmond	8,063	8,258	36
Carter Michaels	8,908	9,156	30
Thomas Taylor	N/A	9,268	29
Alfie Dewhurst	N/A	9,469	27