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Sammy Panagopoulos junior tennis player earns 16 points in Boys’ 18 bracket by end of December

Arlington Heights tennis player Sammy Panagopoulos finished 9,740th in December in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started December ranked 9,588th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 16 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’ 18 rankings in December
NameStarting RankEnding RankTotal Points at end of December
Maxwell Sheldon2242292,300
Mitchell Sheldon1,4141,347494
Brent Chen1,7601,780355
Apoorv Sagar Pitta2,4922,534228
Maksim Hristov5,6295,67962
Sammy Panagopoulos9,5889,74016
Ryan Hegel9,6169,78716

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