Skillful Okutoyi revels at the plethora of scholarship opportunities from universities in the US

Kenya’s tennis history maker Angella Okutoyi is delighted after receiving up to thirty scholarship opportunities to study with universities in the United States of America.

The 18-year-old youngster, who became the first Kenyan to lift a Grand Slam title when she won the 2022 Wimbledon Girls Doubles trophy back in July alongside her Dutch partner Rose Marie Nijkamp, revealed that the offers were presented to her table after her participation at the 2022 US Open Junior Championships that took place from 4-10 September.

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During that run, Okutoyi, who is the top-seeded player in the country, made it to the second round in both her Singles and Doubles events before succumbing to defeats which saw her run brought to a halt.

“I got upto thirty scholarship opportunities. I have not decided yet but I hope to do so in time. The opportunities came as a result of different coaches reaching out and I must admit I feel good about it,” the teenage sensation told Mozzart Sport.

The talented youngster has shown a lot of promise in her budding tennis career and the scholarship opportunities present an even further chance to take her game to the next level.

Mozzart Sport understands that the full scholarship will enable Okutoyi to play in the team of the school she decides to join.

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Okutoyi has shown a lot of promise since the tender age of 14 when she exerted her weight in the continent as she became the 2018 African U14 champion in Algeria.

In the space of just one week afterward, Okutoyi went from lifting the African crown to being crowned the youngest ever Kenya Open champion when she came back and ended the dominance of Shufaa Changawa, a three-time former champion, on the local scene.

In winning the 2018 Kenya Open and the U14 title within two weeks, Okutoyi had made it three wins in a row as she had just won the ITF Under-18 tournament in Burundi back in June which saw her join the ITF World Tour team that enabled her visit France, Germany, Belgium and Czech Republic for five weeks between July and August.

Okutoyi then managed to write history in 2021 with her best career achievement yet as she won the African Junior Championship.

She became the first Kenyan to hold that crown after seeing off Moroccan Aya El Anouni 6-3, 6-3 in the singles final in November consequently breaking into the top-100 players in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Rankings.

She would then qualify for the Australian Open, Rolland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open Junior Championship.