Kenyan tennis sensation Angella Okutoyi endured a tough opening day at the W35 Santa Margherita di Pula 8 tournament in Italy, after suffering a first round exit in the singles on Wednesday, 23 September.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsOkutoyi, 22, was found lacking on the clay as she went down to Germany’s Anna Petkovic in straight-sets (6-3, 6-3), to crash out of the singles order.##NAJAVA_MECA_9980847##The Kenyan, ranked 421st in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, dropped the first set after giving up two drops of serve in the second and sixth games, while also squandering two break opportunities in Petkovic’s clincher.The second set was a rather rugged affair from both players, with Okutoyi failing to hold serve all through, and Petkovic getting just one decisive hold in the fourth game, to complete the upset victory over a player ranked a whopping 313 above her in the WTA rankings.Kenya dominates Sunshine Development Tour contingent at Rwanda OpenOkutoyi’s defeat marked the second successive tournament she was exiting the singles in the first round, following her three-sets defeat (6-4, 2-6, 7-5) to another German, Franziska Sziedat, at the W35 Santa Margherita di Pula 7 tournament, also in Italy.With her singles run over, the former Auburn University player student will look to get back into usual gear when she takes to the doubles on Thursday, 24 September.LOOP Safari Gravel Series heads to Nanyuki for fourth legFittingly, Okutoyi, who will pair up with Ukraine’s Daria Yesypchuk, will once again come up against the aforementioned Petkovic in the doubles contest, with the German stepping on the court alongside her Swiss partner Iva Ivanovic.The match will take place at 1100 EAT.Morogoro ARC finale pits title-favourite Karan Patel against Aakif Virani
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