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Angella Okutoyi intensifies chase for Olympics slot in USA

Angella Okutoyi

Kenya's Angella Okutoyi celebrates a point against Lu Jia-Jing of China during their ITF Women World Tennis Tour  second round singles match on December 13, 2023 at Karen Country Club.

Photo credit: Chris Omollo | Nation Media Group
Geofrey Anene

By  Geoffrey Anene

Contributor

NMG Sport

Angella Okutoyi on Friday continued her hunt for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ticket by collecting eight crucial points at the W35 Boca Raton tournament in Florida, USA.

One week after getting two points by reaching the second round of the qualifying draw at W75 Charlottesville in Virginia, World no.549 Okutoyi, who was seeded fifth, was stopped by American top seed Alexandra “Allie” Kiick (332) 6-1, 6-0 in the W35 Boca Raton quarter-final to exit with eight points.

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