Kenya’s 18-year-old tennis history maker Angella Okutoyi will face off with Australian Taylah Preston today evening in a second-round match at the US Open junior championships at the Flushing Meadows, New York.The eighth-seeded Australian is by no doubt a favorite in the match, but it will not be a new thing to the Kenyan girl who has been pulling upsets opponents.Kenyan tennis player Angella Okutoyi is making waves at the #USOpen #seanknows pic.twitter.com/wuv0YcS3uP— Sean Cardovillis (@sean_cardo) September 5, 2022 Okutoyi made her way to the second round after breezing past German’s Carolina Kuhl by straight sets in the first round on Sunday evening.The two players were not new to each other as they had met last year in South Africa in the second round of JA Cape Town, with the German dismissing the Kenyan girl by straight sets of 6-2, 6-3 but it was sweet revenge and at a bigger stage.Angella Okutoyi advances to the US Open second round after a straight sets victory against Caroline Kuhl👏🏿Let’s go!#USOpen pic.twitter.com/IWjEfHCnUA— Ochieng’ Stephen (@soo_ochieng) September 4, 2022 If Okutoyi defeats Preston, she will be up against either Alexandra Eala of Philippines or Slovakia’s Nina Vargova in the last 16.The match serves off at 6 PM EAT.
