Kenyan Tennis Sensation Angela Okutoyi Makes History After Wimbledon Victory

Tennis star Angela Okutoyi made history on Saturday by becoming the first Kenyan to win a Major Open title.

The 18-year-old Kenyan won the Grandslam following her girls’ double victory at Wimbledon alongside her Dutch partner Rose Marie Nijkamp.

Okutoyi and Nijkamp defeated the Canadian duo of Kayla Cross and Victoria Mboko by two sets to one to clinch the history-setting victory in London. They took down the Canadian pair 3-6, 6-4, 11-9 in the final of the Wimbledon Open Doubles Junior Championships at the grass courts of All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Okutoyi and Nijkamp beat the pair of Nikola Daubnerova (Serbia) and Lucija Ciric Bagaric (Croatia) by straight sets of 6-3-6-4 in the Friday evening’s semi-final.

On the way to the final, the two defeated Georgia Pedone (Italy) and Kaitlin Quevedo (USA) 6-4, 6-4, then proceeded to beat Denislava Glushkova (Bulgaria) and Hayu Kinoshita (Japan) 6-2, 6-3.

They went on to defeat Czech Republic pair of Linda Klimovicova and Dominika Salkova 6-7, 6-4, 11-9 in the quarter-finals.

Okutoyi shifted her focus to the doubles after her singles run in her debut tournament was halted in the first round of the main draw after going down 6-3, 6-2 against Mia Kupres of Canada.

Founded 145 years ago, Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.