Kenyan tennis sensation Angella Okutoyi on Wednesday, 26 August, made a big stride towards winning her second doubles title in the span of a week, this after booking her slot in the semifinals of the W35 Verbier 2 Tournament in Switzerland.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsOkutoyi, playing alongside her French teammate Tiphanie Lemaitre, secured a 2-0 straight-sets (6-3, 7-5) victory over the Swiss pair of Iva Ivanovic and Aleksija Neskovic, to move a step closer to defending the title she won on Saturday, 22 August, at the end of the first week of the clay tournament.##NAJAVA_MECA_9915740##Then, the 22-year-old Kenyan paired up with Emma Kamper Malmkjaer of Denmark to land yet another doubles title this year.After splitting the first two sets (6-4, 4-6), Okutoyi and Kamper outlasted Anastasija Cvetkovic (Serbia) and Sarina Schnyder (Switzerland) 10-7 in the tie-break to be crowned week one doubles winners in Verbier.Malkia Strikers handed bye as 7 matches highlight day 2 of CAVB Women's African ChampionshipThe win for Okutoyi came a month after clinching the W50 Nottingham doubles title alongside British partner Brooke Black via walkover on Friday, 17 July.Five days before that victory, the former Auburn University student had won the W100 Aschaffenburg title, having ended a successful week in Germany with teammate Rasheeda McAdoo of USA.Kenyan tennis star wins another prestigious doubles titleOkutoyi will hope that those recent experiences will push her across the finish line once again this week with two more hurdles left to a title defense.In the semifinals, whose date is yet to be confirmed, Okutoyi and Lemaitre will come up against the winners of the quarterfinal tie between Liv Boulard/Astrid Cirotte and Maddalena Giordano/Luisa Hrda.Renowned US coach watches as Kinda, young swimmers impress at National Junior Championships in NanyukiAs for her singles campaign, Okutoyi is through to the quarter-finals, where she will face Switzerland's Noelia Manta on Thursday, 27 August.Okutoyi’s recent positive run of form coincides with her move to full-time professional tennis in London, where she is currently working under former Zimbabwean stars Wayne Black and Cara Black, who won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in 2002 and 2004, alongside performance coach Brett Stephens.##NAJAVA_MECA_9915471##
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