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Albert Njogu return ball during the ITF World Tennis Tour U18 Championships at Nairobi Club on Wed Jan 30, 2019. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Angela Okutoyi and Albert Njogu yesterday won their respective girls’ and boys’ singles matches to book their places in the quarter finals of the ongoing Under-18 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour Championships at Nairobi Club.
Okutoyi, who is looking to redeem herself following a first round elimination in last week’s ITF Under-18 Junior Circuit, put up a spirited fight against Anna Lemongo of Cameroon to emerge victorious. The Kenyan girl survived a third set tie-break to win in 7-6(4),3-6,7-6(6) against seventh seeded Lemongo, who staged a brilliant show last week losing in the final to Germany’s Joelle Steur.
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