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Okutoyi off to a perfect start in Egypt
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Reading Time: 2min | Wed. 02.03.22. | 22:03
The 18-year old will now face off with second-seeded Ziva Falkner
Kenya's teenage tennis sensation Angella Okutoyi was off to a perfect start in Egypt as she saw off Latvia's Margarita Ignatjeva 2-0 (6-1, 6-4) in her first match at the ongoing W15 Sharm ElSheikh tournament in Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt.
The Kenyan is set to take on the second-seeded Slovakian Ziva Falkner who won in the other match in Round One, beating Swede 2-0 (6-3, 6-1), in the second round on Thursday.
Whoop whoop!
— Ochi (@soo_ochieng) March 2, 2022
Angella Okutoyi wins her first match in Egypt against 20 year old Ignatjeva Margarita👏🏿 pic.twitter.com/0gf1dCtYjV
Okutoyi was given a wild card into Round One of the main draw where she will encounter players of a different age group if she continues to the third round, having met the Latvian and with a meeting against the 19-year old Slovakian as she seeks to break into the Women's Tour
She put up a spirited fight against the 20-year-old Latvian in the second set after being level on four games to win the match on straight sets after one hour and twenty minutes.
Pole pole ndio mwendo. 1st match home.#TeamKenya #roadtoparis2024 #roadtorollandgarros pic.twitter.com/qjkkUcN7vr
— Tennis Kenya (@tennis_kenya) March 2, 2022
The tennis star had an impressive run in the Junior Grand Slam during the Australian Open despite being knocked out in the third round in January, sailing through past Federica Urgesi and Zara Larke in the first two rounds respectively but her fairytale was brought to a disappointing end in the third round as she lost in straight sets to Serbia’s Lola Radivojevic.
Her win against Urgesi was historic as she became the first Kenyan girl to record a Junior Grand Slam match-win, and went on to double the number of wins in the subsequent round, being tossed out just one match away from the quarters.
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