Kenyan tennis sensation Angella Okutoyi says there will be nerves ahead of her doubles final at the Angola Ladies Open on Saturday, 7 November, but is looking forward to delivering a winning performance.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsOkutoyi, 22, is in line to capture her biggest title yet as a professional, when she features in the tournament’s women’s doubles final, alongside Burundian partner Sada Nahimana.##NAJAVA_MECA_10095192##“We just want to go out there and give our best,” Okutoyi, who is ranked 415th in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), said on Friday. “Personally, this is my first WTA 125 doubles final; so there will definitely be nerves, but I just want to go out there and give my best, play my best tennis and enjoy.”In the final, slated for 1930 EAT, Okutoyi and Nahimana are set to come up against the winner of the semifinal between second seeds Martyna Kubka and Justina Mikulskyte, and third seeds Ana Sofia Sanchez and Ksenia Zaytseva.Nairobi City Thunder partners reveal ambitions to further invest in Kenyan basketballThe grand stage for the African duo follows what has been a dominant week on the Luanda hard courts, one that has seen them win three matches without dropping a set.Okutoyi surges into doubles semifinals in AngolaThe pair opened their tournament with a 2-0 (6-2,7-5) win over Tiphanie Lemaitre and Sandra Samir in the Round of 16, before earning a quarter-final walkover that propelled them to the last four.There, Okutoyi and Nahimana produced a shock victory over the tournament top seeds (Zongyu Li and Kristina Novak), winning in straight sets of 5-7, 5-7.©Tennis KenyaDiving into her winning formula with Nahimana, ranked 334th in the WTA rankings, Okutoyi said: “But I just want to go out there and give my best, play my best tennis, and enjoy. I really love playing with Sada; we have this energy, and we are both Africans. Hopefully we can get the win; we are excited for the finals.”On an individual level, a win on Saturday will add to Okutoyi’s phenomenal year on doubles, which has so far seen her take victories in Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Nairobi.Interestingly, a win in Angola will come just six days after the Kenyan bagged the ITF W75 Glasgow Doubles Championship title alongside Great Britain's Savannah Dada-Mascoll on Sunday, 1 November.
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