Ngounoue, Quevedo Win at ITF Junior Finals; Noel Advances to Macon $80K Quarterfinals; 14-Year-Old Klugman Reaches Quarterfinals at $100K in Great Britain; Razeghi Moves on at Las Vegas $15K

In Thursday's second day of round robin play at the ITF Junior Finals in China, both US girls collected victories. Wimbledon champion Clervie Ngounoue beat Ena Koike of Japan 6-0, 6-3 and is now 2-0 in Group A, and with the other results today in her group, she's all but wrapped up a place in Saturday's semifinals.

Group A:

Thursday's matches
Clervie Ngounoue(USA) d. Ena Koike(JPN) 6-0, 6-3
Sayaka Ishii(JPN) d. Laura Samsonova(CZE) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)

Standings:
Ngounoue 2-0
Ishii 1-1
Samsonova 1-1
Koike 0-2

Friday's matches
Ngounoue v Samsonova
Koike v Ishii

In Group B, Kaitlin Quevedo kept her hopes for a semifinal berth alive with a 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-1 win over Sara Saito of Japan. A win over Renata Jamrichova of Slovakia Friday would increase her chances, but there is a scenario with three players at 1-2 in the group with one of them advancing.

Group B

Thursday's matches

Kaitlin Quevedo(USA) d. Sara Saito(JPN) 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-1

Alina Korneeva(RUS) d. Renata Jamrichova(SVK) 7-6, 7-6(2)

Korneeva 2-0

Quevedo 1-1

Saito 1-1

Jamrichova 0-2

Friday's matches

Korneeva v Saito

Jamrichova v Quevedo

Two boys have already qualified for the semifinals in Group A, with Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Iliyan Radulov both 2-0 and playing each other Friday, while Arthur Gea and Yi Zhou both 0-2.

Group A

Thursday's matches

Radulov d. Zhou 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-1

Pacheco Mendez d. Gea 6-4, 7-6(3)

Pacheco Mendez 2-0

Radulov 2-0

Zhou 0-2

Gea 0-2

Friday's matches

Pacheco Mendez v Radulov

Zhou v Gea

The two semifinal berths from Group B are completely up for grabs, with all four players at 1-1, so the two winners Friday will advance.

Group B

Thursday's matches

Demin d. Schwaerzler 6-4, 6-3 

Djuric d. Cina 6-3, 6-4

Demin 1-1

Schwaerzler 1-1

Djuric 1-1

Cina 1-1

Friday's matches

Schwaerzler v Cina

Demin v Djuric

Links to the live stream on YouTube and live scoring for tonight's matches in China can be found here.

University of Miami redshirt junior Alexa Noel is making good use of her wild card into the $80,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Macon Georgia this week, reaching the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-0 over ITA No. 1 newcomer Alexandra Vecic, who qualified for the main draw. Vecic, a 21-year-old from Germany, has yet to play for the University of Georgia, but is expected for the upcoming dual match season.

The 21-year-old Noel, who reached the final of the ITA All-American Championships last month, is now up to a new career- high in the WTA live rankings of 734. She will face No. 2 seed Kayla Day in the quarterfinals Friday.

Right above Noel in the WTA live rankings is 14-year-old Hannah Klugman of Great Britain. Klugman is already in the ITF history books as the youngest player to qualify for a $100,000 level event, having accomplished that this week in Shrewsbury England. After two straight-sets wins in qualifying, Klugman defeated qualifier Gina Feistel of Poland 6-3, 7-5 in the first round, but today she got a signature victory, beating No. 6 seed and WTA 163 Lily Miyazaki(Oklahoma) of Great Britain 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-2. Klugman will play No. 2 seed and WTA 115 Oceane Dodin of France in the quarterfinals.

At the men's $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit tournament in Las Vegas, 17-year-old Alex Razeghi is through to the quarterfinals after defeating Will Grant(Florida) 6-3, 7-5 in today's second round. Razeghi, who had beaten No. 2 seed Christian Langmo in the first round after receiving entry via the ITF Junior Reserved program, will play Notre Dame sophomore Sebastian Dominko of Slovenia, a qualifier Friday. Dominko was an All-American as a freshman last year, playing No. 1 for the Fighting Irish.