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West Des Moines tennis player Declan Galligan ranks in Boys’ 18 bracket in May

West Des Moines tennis player Declan Galligan finished 77th in May in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started May ranked 60th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 3,410 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 May
NameStarting RankEnding RankTotal Points at end of May
Daniel Lu57723,459
Declan Galligan60773,410
Ishan Chawla3,4323,558111
Vyas Amalkar4,7154,85161
William Lucas4,8965,03159
Cameron Johnson5,6885,83739
Alex KuennenN/A9,9446

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