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Kenya's Okutoyi up against tough rivals at Nairobi tourney

Angella Okutoyi

Kenya's Angella Okutoyi in action against Indian qualifier Priyanshi Bhandari in the W35 Nairobi tennis tournament at Nairobi Club on January 1, 2025. Okutoyi won 6-1, 6-0 to enter the second round.

Photo credit: Pool
Geofrey Anene

By  Geoffrey Anene

Contributor

NMG Sport

What you need to know:

  • In doubles semis, unseeded Okutoyi/Nagomi Higashitani have a date with top seeds Sada Nahimana (Burundi) and Rinon Okuwaki (Japan).
  • Okutoyi and Japanese partner Higashitani hammered Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (India)/Lexue Xiao (China) 6-0, 6-4 in the doubles quarter-finals.

African Games women’s Angella Okutoyi will play two tough matches at the W35 Nairobi tennis tournament on Nairobi Club clay courts on Friday.

Okutoyi will meet top-seed Joanna Garland from Chinese Taipei at 10am in one of the singles quarter-finals. The winner will play either German qualifier Lorena Schaedel or Frenchwoman Alyssa Reguer in the semi-final.  

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