LAX Leader

Los Angeles tennis player Blaze Hinton won 42 points playing doubles tournaments in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association by June.

They started June ranked 6,303rd.

Their 42 points playing doubles equal 15 percent of their total score, added to 100 percent of their singles points.

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.

Name	Doubles Points	Total Points
Cassius Chinlund	6,428	6,407
Ford McCollum	1,914	2,245
Nischal Spurling	1,560	1,575
Shane Hines	267	399
Grant Fisher	150	487
Nathan Haile	128	414
Dane Harrington	105	414
Oliver Lifton	90	571
Elliot Lifton	90	219
Alex Bakhtiari	77	111
Connor Yang	77	139
Alex Bakhtiari	77	111
Kieran Lin	69	144
Elliott Meth	65	210
Blaze Hinton	42	86
Blaze Hinton	42	86
Aiden Zadeh	31	50
Aiden Zadeh	31	50
Zachary Zolla-Imerman	30	147
Zachary Figlin	14	85
Zachary Figlin	14	85