The U.S. girls recorded their third straight 3-0 victory, this time over No. 6 seed Poland, with Kristina Penickova defeating Antonina Snochowska 6-3, 6-3 in No. 2 singles.
Julieta Pareja followed with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Barbara Kostecka at No. 1 singles to clinch the tie and first place in the group.
Penickova and Pareja were both part of last year’s Junior BJK Cup championship team.
Pareja and Annika Penickova won the doubles match, beating Oliwia Sybicka and Snochowska 7-6(3), 6-1
The girls quarterfinals, which will be played on Friday, with a day off on Thursday:
Great Britain[7] against the Czech Republic[4]
Poland[6] in Romania[2]The American boys also recorded a third straight 3-0 victory, beating No. 5 seed Brazil today. Andrew Johnson defeated Livas Eduardo De Carvalho Damazio 6-1, 6-0 in 55 minutes at No. 2 singles for a 1-0 lead.
Michael Antonius lost the opening set to No. 1 singles Leonardo Storck Franca but recovered for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory to level the tie and eliminate Brazil from the quarterfinals.
Johnson and Jordan Lee won the doubles match against De Carvalho Damazio and Carlos Eduard Lino 6-2, 7-5.
Two of the seeded boys teams – No. 5 Brazil and No. 6 Canada did not advance to the quarterfinals.
USA[1] against Spain
Korea[7] against Turkey[8]
Czech Republic[3] in Japan[4]
Germany against France[2]
Qualifier Welles Newman and wild card Maggie Sohns, who were part of the 2024 ITF World Junior Tennis team that finished second to the Czech Republic in the 14U team competition, advanced to the second round with victories today.
Newman defeated fellow qualifier Panna Bartha of Hungary 6-0, 7-5 and will face No. 5 seed Victoria Hu (Princeton) in the second round on Thursday.
Sohns defeated qualifier Sophia Biolay (Central Florida) of France 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 and will face No. 3 seed Katarina Jokic (Georgia) of Serbia in the second round.
Chang will play University of Georgia sophomore Anastasiia Gureva of Russia on Thursday; Gureva defeated Stanford freshman Monika Ekstrand, the No. 4 seed, 6-0, 6-4 yesterday. Thea Frodin and Akasha Urhobo[8] the other juniors have advanced to the second round.
The four Conference Masters semifinalists earn entry to the NCAAs. The top four men’s seeds, all of whom have a first-round bye, are Michael Zheng (Columbia), Edward Winter (Pepperdine), Emon van Loben Sels (UCLA) and Martin Borisiouk (NC State).
The top four women’s seeds, with the top two receiving first-round byes, are Ayseguil Mert (Georgia), Mao Mushika (Cal), Vivian Ovrootsky (Arizona State) and Zoie Epps (Louisiana Tech).
Six singles players and three doubles teams from each of the sectional tournaments will advance to the NCAAs.
The top four seeds of each Sectional:
GENTLEMEN:
Eastern (North Carolina)
1. Nicolas Kotzen, Colombia
2. Lucas Andrade da Silva, South Carolina
3. Manfredi Graziani, Penn
4. Noah Vukadin, Clemson
South (Georgia)
1. Jack Loutit, Kentucky
2. Arda Azkara, Georgia
3. Corey Craig, Florida State
4. Niccolo Baroni, Mississippi State
Central (Michigan)
1. Sebastian Dominko, Notre Dame
2. Cosme Rolland De Ravel, TCU
3. Jack Anthrop, Ohio State
4. Cololam Montsi, Texas A&M
West(Kal)
1. Dominique Rolland, UC Santa Barbara
2. Lasse Poertner, Pepperdine
3. Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida, Pepperdine
4. Alex Chang, Stanford
WOMEN:
Eastern (North Carolina)
1. Lavinia Tanasie, NC State
2. Kaitlyn Carnicella, South Carolina
3. Broadfole Gabrilla, NC State
4. Victoria Osuigwe, NC State
South(LSU)
1. Valeria Ray, Vanderbilt
2. DJ Bennett, Auburn
3. Leyla Britez Risso, Tenn
4. Raquel González, Miami
Central (Texas A&M)
1. Maria Sholokhova, Wisconsin
2. Lily Jones, Michigan
3. Daianne Hayashida, Iowa
4. Kyoka Kubo, Kansas
West (Washington)
1. Mayu Crossley, UCLA
2. Emilia Tverijonaite, State of Arizona
3. Reese Carter, Washington
4. Krisha Mahendran, Southern California
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