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Thailand's Noppawan Lertcheewakarn wins Wimbledon girls' singles title.

LONDON (AFP) – Thailand's Noppawan Lertcheewakarn won the Wimbledon girls' singles title on Saturday when she defeated French top seed Kristina Mladenovic 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.


Double celebration for Lertcheewakarn

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn proved that whatever Serena can do, she can do too after adding the girls’ doubles title to the singles trophy she won on Saturday. She and her partner Sally Peers won easily against Silvia Njiric and Kristina Mladenovic

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Sally Peers hold aloft their Girls' Doubles trophy, having beaten Kristina Mladenovic and Silvia Njiric.


Profile : Lertcheewakarn




Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Thai: นพวรรณ เลิศชีวกานต์; born November 18, 1991) is a female Thai tennis player currently playing in the junior circuit. She was crowned ITF World Champion 2008 as a junior, becoming the first Asian female player to hold this accolade.[1]

One of her most recognizable performances was in 2008 when she entered the 2008 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Singles Tournament as the third seed, where she made her first Grand Slam juniors final. But the young Thai star was eventually defeated in the final by British opponent Laura Robson in three sets 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. This was only the second time that a Thai player (after Tamarine Tanasugarn in 1995) had reached any Wimbledon final.

Later that year, Lertcheewakarn and Sandra Roma won the 2008 U.S. Open Girls' doubles competition, winning 6–0, 6–2 against Mallory Burdette and Sloane Stephens. This was the first time a Thai tennis player had won any kind of Grand Slam title. [2]

Lertcheewakarn won her second junior Grand Slam title when she and Elena Bogdan reached the final of the 2009 French Open Girls' doubles contest as the second seeds. They defeated Timea Babos and Heather Watson 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 (Super Tiebreak).

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Lertcheewakarn won her first junior grand slam singles title by defeating Junior World Junior No.1 Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Lertcheewakarn and Sally Peers later faced Mladenovic and Silvia Nirjic in the Doubles contest the following day and won comprehensively, 6-1, 6-1 in the final.