All three Americans drop matches at the ITF WTT Junior Finals; Forbes and Bigun meet in the quarter-finals of Norman M25; Four teens reach quarterfinals at W15 in Hilton Head; Memorial Mass for Tom Svajda next month in San Diego

The final matches in the round robin phase of the Final ITF World Tennis Tour juniors are scheduled for Friday, after all three Americans dropped their matches Thursday in Chengdu, China. Top seed Kristina Penickova and No. 5 seed Jack Kennedy lost to level their records at 1-1, with wins on Friday likely needed if they want to advance to Saturday’s semifinals. Benjamin Willwerth is now 0-2 in group play, so the Australian Open boys finalist is unlikely to progress to the knockout round. The only guys at 2-0 are No. 3 seed Jacopo Vasami of Italy and No. 4 seed Max Schoenhaus of Germany.

Bulgaria boys top man Aleksandar Vasilev lost again today to take his record to 0-2, so he will not be out of the group play. Like Penickova, seeded No. 2 in the girls’ draw, Great Britain’s Hannah Klugman is also 1-1 and will need a win on Friday to reach the semifinals. The formula for getting out of the group stage can be found in this ITF document.

Thursday’s results, day two of Round Robin Play:

Boys Group A

Jacopo Vasami[3](ITA) d. Yannick Alexandrescou[6](ROU) 7-6(5), 6-2

Oskari Paldanius[8](Find. Aleksandar Vasilev[1](BUL) 6-4, 6-4

Boys Group B

Andrés Santamarta Roig[2](ESP) d. Benjamin Wilwerth[7](USA) 7-5, 6-3

Max Schönhaus[4] D. Jack Kennedy[5](USA) 6-1, 6-3

Girls Group A

Jeline Waterkamer[4](WHITE) d. Kristina Penickova[1](USA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Julia Stusek[5] D. Charo Esquiva Banuls[7](ESP) 7-6(3), 6-1

Girls Group B

Mia Pohankova[3](SVK) d. Hanna Klugman[2](GBR) 6-3, 6-4

Jan Kovackova[6](CZE) d. Ruien Zhang[8](CHN) 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(2)

Order of play for Friday, day three of Round Robin Play:

Girls Group A

Kristina Penickova[1](USA) vs. Charo Esquiva Banuls[7]ESP

Jeline Waterkamer[4](BEL) in Julia Stusek[5](DU)

Girls Group B

Hanna Klugman[2](GBR) v Ruien Zhang[8](CHN)

Mia Pohankova[3](SVK) in Jan Kovackova[6](JUN)

Boys Group A

Aleksandar Vasilev[1](BUL) in Jacopo Vasami[3](ITA)

Yannick Alexandrescou[6](ROU) against Oskari Paldanius[8](FIN)

Boys Group B

Jack Kennedy[5](USA) in Benjamin Willwerth[7](USA)

Andrés Santamarta Roig[2](ESP) against Max Schönhaus[4](DU)

Qualifier Merna Refaat of Egypt, a sophomore at Auburn, reached the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 win over Lucia Peyre (Oklahoma State) of Argentina.

Recent Pepperdine All-American graduate Savannah Broadus followed up her first-round victory over No. 2 seed Leonie Kung of Switzerland with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over fellow qualifier Alina Shcherbinina (Baylor, Okla.) of Russia to set up a quarterfinal matchup with No. 6 seed Jaeda Daniel (Auburn, NC State). Daniel defeated wildcard Piper Charney, a junior at Michigan, 7-5, 6-3.

In the bottom half, 16-year-old qualifier Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann will play wildcard Carson Tanguilig, the recent North Carolina graduate, and 16-year-old qualifier Jensen Diianni will face Bohrer Martins.

Cayetano defeated Tessah Andrianjafitrimo of France 7-6(2), 6-4 to reach her first quarterfinal at the W100 level, after which the 24-year-old Southern Californian faced No. 3 seed Petra Marcinko of Croatia.

Stoiana defeated No. 4 seed Louisa Chirico 7-6(3), 6-3 today and will play No. 7 seed Anastasia Gasanova of Russia in the quarterfinals.

Tonight, No. 5 seed Patrick Kypson avenged his 6-3, 6-3 semifinal loss to Lincoln 75 champion Rafael Jodar of Spain, defeating the University of Virginia sophomore 6-4, 6-4. Kypson will play No. 3 seed Rinky Hijikata (North Carolina) of Australia, who defeated wild card Samir Banerjee (Stanford) 7-6 (3), 6-2.

Kentucky sophomore Antoine Ghibaudo of France, a qualifier, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over qualifier Andrew Fenty (Michigan). Ghibaudo will play in the quarterfinals against the third American, unseeded Martin Damm, who defeated wildcard Andre Ilagan (Hawaii) 7-6(2), 7-5 in the second round.