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Okutoyi, Bhasin win W15 doubles title
Kenya's Angella Okutoyi poses with her title after finishing second in the W15 Nairobi World Tennis Tour at Karen Country Club in Nairobi on November 20, 2022.
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What you need to know:
- The teenage pair stunned experienced top seeds Sharmada Balu (India)/Sabastiani Leon (USA) 6-3, 7-5 in an entertaining match which lasted one hour and 31 minutes
- Wimbledon doubles junior champion Okutoyi and her partner dominated play from the word go, in both service games and receiver points won
- On their way to the final, Okutoyi and Bhasin blanked Reha Kipsang (Kenya) and Sonia Tuyishime (Rwanda) 6-0, 6-0, fourth seeds Emma Tothova (Slovakia)/Sevil Yuldasheva (Uzbekistan) 6-2, 6-4 and benefited from retirement by Alexandra Iordache (Romania) and Magdalena Stoilkovska (North Macedonia)
Kenya's Angella Okutoyi and her Indian partner Smriti Bhasin have won the doubles title in the second W15 Nairobi World Tennis Tour event at Karen Country Club in Nairobi on Saturday.
The teenage pair stunned experienced top seeds Sharmada Balu (India)/Sabastiani Leon (USA) 6-3, 7-5 in an entertaining match which lasted one hour and 31 minutes.
