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Christian Lithila junior tennis player earns 40 points in Boys’ 14 bracket by end of December

Springfield tennis player Christian Lithila finished 7,043rd in December in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started December ranked 6,781st.

By the end of the month they’d earned 40 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.

Junior Boys’ 14 rankings in December
NameStarting RankEnding RankTotal Points at end of December
Talha Arshad3,4012,893218
Adam Wheeling2,9393,062199
Evan Aleman3,5573,148192
Shrihan Aleti5,1924,97586
Christian Lithila6,7817,04340

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