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Okutoyi battles for last shot at Paris Olympics

Angela tennis Okutoyi

Kenya’s top player Angella Okutoyi celebrates a point against Egypt’s Mayar Sherif during their 2023 African Games tennis women’s singles semi-final match at Bortyeman Sports Complex in Accra

Photo credit: Pool

What you need to know:

  • The Kenyan needs to get into the top 400 by June 10 to qualify for the Olympics.
  • Okutoyi has her work cut out as she must make it to the final of the two events.

African Games women’s singles tennis champion, Angella Okutoyi, starts her last lap of qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday with two tournaments lined up on the hard courts of Tennis Club A.S. Marsa in La Marsa, Tunisia.

Okutoyi, who is up six places to 496 in the latest WTA singles rankings, is in the main draw in the W35 La Marsa tournament and will face Georgian fourth-seeded Mariam Bolkvadze (329) in the first round.