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Okutoyi faces Swiss player in second W35 Nairobi tourney

Kenya’s Angella Okutoyi serves against Chinese Taipei’s Garland Joanna during the W35 Nairobi tournament at Nairobi Club on January 3, 2025. 

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation
Geofrey Anene

By  Geoffrey Anene

Contributor

NMG Sport

What you need to know:

  • Okutoyi, who is ranked 729 in the WTA singles rankings, starts the second W35 Nairobi tournament against Katerina Tsygourova (656) from Switzerland.
  • A win against Tsygourova will see Okutoyi face the winner between Chinese sixth-seed Yufei Ren (490) and Darja Suvirdjonkova (826) from Serbia in the second round.

The African Games women's singles gold medalist Angella Okutoyi has been handed a tough draw in the top half of the second W35 Nairobi tournament main draw which serves off on the Nairobi Club clay courts on Tuesday.

Okutoyi, who is ranked 729 in the WTA singles rankings, starts the second W35 Nairobi tournament against Katerina Tsygourova (656) from Switzerland.

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