Oxford Reporter

New Albany tennis player Gracie Mason won 26 points playing singles tournaments in the junior Girls’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association by the week ending April 15.

Their 26 points playing singles are combined with 15 percent of their doubles points and any bonus points for a 21,604th ranking.

They were ranked 21,474th 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
5,012	Carmen Merkel	431	455
11,655	Yasemin Bilgin	136	136
14,405	Heidi Clayton	90	90
17,998	Airi Clements	58	63
18,438	Grace Goodman	54	54
22,022	Katia Jacoby	33	33
24,244	Madeleine Naumoff	27	27
24,381	Gracie Mason	26	34
28,630	Reava Desai	15	15
29,302	Natalie Creekmore	13	22
29,562	Lilly Stout	12	12
31,481	Sarah Robbins	8	34
31,481	Emily Noonan	8	8
33,813	Lily Meyer	0	34
33,813	Claire Meyer	0	34
33,813	Isabella Aldridge	0	18
33,813	Richardlyne Francois	0	8