How tennis player Nyabera overcame adversity to represent Kenya in global events

Faith Nyabera returns the ball to Kate Mkalama of Kianda School during past Secondary Schools games in Nairobi. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

She was hit very hard and where it hurt most, snatching the most important people in her life but tennis star Faith Nyabera never gave up.

Losing her mother in 2011 was a big below to the then 11-year old girl and as if that was not painful enough, five years later she woke up to the brutal murder of her father.