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Okutoyi climbs 182 places to new career best

Angella Okutoyi

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.

Photo credit: Sila Kiplagat | Nation Media Group
Geofrey Anene

By  Geoffrey Anene

Contributor

NMG Sport

What you need to know:

  • Okutoyi had career best of 1501 on July 31 but did not have a ranking going into the two W15 Nairobi World Tennis Tour events held from November 13 to 27 at the Karen Country Club in Nairobi
  • Okutoyi, who has bagged the Wimbledon, J1 Repentigny and W15 Nairobi doubles titles this year, moved up the ladder after chalking up six points out of a possible 10 when she lost against German Emily Seibold in the singles finals in the first W15 Nairobi tournament on November 20

Kenya’s Angella Okutoyi has climbed 182 places to a new career high of 1145 in Women Tennis Association (WTA) rankings announced on Monday.

Okutoyi had career best of 1501 on July 31 but did not have a ranking going into the two W15 Nairobi World Tennis Tour events held from November 13 to 27 at the Karen Country Club in Nairobi.

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