Lehnert advances to ICTSI-ITF semifinals

Lehnert advances to ICTSI-ITF semifinals

by rick olivares photo by KC Cruz

Score one for Philippine women's tennis. Fil-German Katharina Lehnert upset top seed Nungnadda Wannasuk of Thailand, 6-4, 6-4, last November 4, 2010 to enter the semifinal round of the ICTSI-ITF Women’s division at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center. 

Lehnert, a 16-year old from Hannover, Germany and whose mother, Imelda Lungsod, calls La Union, Pangasinan home, advanced to play Thai Luksika Kumkhum for the right to go to the finals. The Thai beat No. 4 seed Paengthan Pliphuech, 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-2.

Lehnert got into sports by playing football but she eventually gravitated to tennis where she finds herself ranked 102 in the women's tour. She will be also be competing in the PLDT-Smart/ITF Women’s Circuit 2, the Phinma Juniors Championship and the Philippine Columbian Association Open.  


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UPDATE: Katharina Lehnert lost to Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand 6-4, 6-2 in the semis today at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum Tennis Center.