Kristina Penickova and Jack Kennedy scored victories on the first day of play at the Final ITF World Tennis Tour juniors in Chengdu China Wednesday.
Penickova, the top seed, defeated Germany’s Julia Stusek 6-0, 6-4 to come from 4-1 down in the second set to close out the No. 5 seed in 61 minutes.
Kennedy, the No. 5 seed, defeated No. 2 seed and former ITF Junior No. 1 Andres Santamarta Roig 7-5, 6-0.
Top seed Aleksandar Vasilev of Bulgaria, currently No. 2 in the ITF junior rankings, lost to Yannick Alexandrescou of Romania 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 in the longest match of the day: 2:26
Results ITF WTT Junior Final Day One Round Robin:
Boys Group A
Jacopo Vasami[3](ITA) d. Oskari Paldanius[8](FIN) 6-3, 7-6(4)
Boys Group B
Max Schönhaus[4](DU) d. Benjamin Wilworth[7](USA) 6-4, 7-5
Jack Kennedy[5](US) d. Andrés Santamarta Roig[2](ESP) 7-5, 6-0
Girls Group A
Kristina Penickova[1](US) d. Julia Stusek[5](DU) 6-0, 6-4
Jeline Waterkamer[4](BEL) d. Charo Esquiva Banuls[7](ESP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Girls Group B
Hanna Klugman)[2](GBR) d. Jan Kovackova[6](CZE) 6-4, 6-4
Mia Pohankova[3](SVK) d. Ruien Zhang[8](CHN) 6-4, 7-5
Order of play for Thursday, day two of Round Robin Play:
Boys Group A
Jacopo Vasami[3](ITA) against Yannick Alexandrescou[6](ROU)
Oskari Paldanius[8](FIN) against Aleksandar Vasilev[1](BUL)
Boys Group B
Andrés Santamarta Roig[2](ESP) against Benjamin Willwerth[7](USA)
Max Schönhaus[4] against Jack Kennedy[5](USA)
Girls Group A
Kristina Penickova[1](USA) in Jeline Vandromme[4](BEL)
Jan Kovackova]5\(CZE) in Ruien Zhang[8](CHN)
Girls Group B
Hanna Klugman[2](GBR) in Mia Pohankova[3](SVK)
Julia Stusek[5] against Charo Esquiva Banuls[7](ESP)
NCAA singles qualifiers starting October 22, 2025
Women
From All-American Championships:
Valerie Glozman, Stanford
Carmen Herea, Texas
Teah Chavez, Ohio State
Luciana Perry, Ohio State
Tatum Evans, UNC
Emma Charney, USC
Irina Balus, duke
Reese Brantmeier, UNC
Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Appalachian State
Piper Charney, Michigan
From Regionals:
Mountain:
Louise Wikander, Denver
Emma Kamper, Utah
Texas:
Mia Kupres, Texas A&M
Darya Schwartzman, Rice
New England:
Serafima Shastova, Syracuse
Stephanie Yakoff, Harvard
Northeast:
Esha Velaga, Penn
Alice Ferlito, Princeton
Northwest:
Alyssa Ahn, Stanford
Naomi Xu, Cal
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Southern:
Kristina Paskauskas, Alabama
Ashton Bowers, Auburn
Atlantic Ocean:
Annabelle Xu, Virginia
Vivian Yang, Virginia
Carolina:
Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Appalachia*
Ange Oby Kajuru, North Carolina
*Dada-Mascoll has already qualified for NCAAs through the All-American Championships, so her bid goes to NC State’s Anna Zyryanova, who finished third in the Carolina Regional
Central:
Julia Garcia Ruiz, Oklahoma
Carolina Gomez Alonso, Arkansas
Midwest:
Bianca Molnar, Notre Dame
Nao Nishino, Ohio State
Ohio Valley:
Bridget Stammel, Vanderbilt
Mia Yamakita, Vanderbilt
Southeast:
Anastasia Lopata, Georgia
Anastasia Gureva, Georgia
Southwest:
Jana Hossam Salah, USC
Anastasia Grechkina, Pepperdine
Gentlemen:
From AA:
Jay Friend, Arizona
Aidan Kim, Ohio State
Devin Badenhorst, Baylor
Dylan Dietrich, Virginia
DK Suresh, Wake Forest
Ozan Baris, Michigan State
Matthew Forbes, Michigan State
Sebastian Gorzny, Texas
Duncan Chan, TCU
Kenta Myoshi, Illinois
From Regionals:
Central:
Luis Alvarez, Okla
Oscar Lacides, Oklahoma
Atlantic Ocean:
Keegan Rice, Virginia
Jangjun Kim, Virginia
Southeast:
Luis Miguel, Florida State
Hugo Car, South Florida
Southern:
Benito Sanchez Martinez, Mississippi State
Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State
Ohio Valley:
Pablo Martinez Gomez, Vanderbilt
Sam Landau, Indiana
New England:
Vignesh Gogineni, Yale
Benjamin Privara, Harvard
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Carolina:
Luca Pow, Wake Forest
Romain Gales, Clemson
Midwest:
Max Dahlin, Mich
Preston Stearns, Ohio State
Mountain:
Ilia Snitari, UNLV
Ilia Maksymchuk, UNLV
Northeast:
Paul Inchauspe, Princeton
Top Nidunjianzan, Princeton
Northwest:
Soham Purohit, Washington
Lechno Wasiutinka chip shop, Cal
Southwest:
Spencer Johnson, UCLA
Rudy Quan, UCLA
Texas:
Sebastian Eriksson, Texas
Trevor Svajda, SMU
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