Kenya’s Angella Okutoyi and her Dutch partner Marie Nijkamp won the 2022 Wimbledon junior doubles. They defeated the Canadian duo of Kayla Cross and Victoria Mboko 2- 1 ( 3-6, 6-4, 11-9).
I mean if you dream big this what happens@Wimbledon doubles champions 🏆 pic.twitter.com/eDeV4Urgxk
— Angella Okutoyi (@Okutoyiangella2) July 9, 2022
DOUBLES CHAMPIONS @Wimbledon
I have no words to be honest but just to give my gratitude to my partner of course,@ITFTennis , #GSPDP , my coaches, and my coach back home @wanjiii, @MEsipisu , @tennis_kenya , @OlympicsKe , family and truly to all of you back home🙏 pic.twitter.com/uXjJMCnZvb— Angella Okutoyi (@Okutoyiangella2) July 11, 2022
Earlier, they triumphed against Nikola Daubnerova (Serbia) and Lucija Ciric Bagaric (Croatia) by straight sets of 6-3-6-4 in Friday evening’s semi-final.
On the way to the final, Okutoyi and Nijkamp swept aside Georgia Pedone (Italy) and Kaitlin Quevedo (USA) 6-4, 6-4, then proceeded to beat Denislava Glushkova (Bulgaria) and Hayu Kinoshita (Japan) 6-2, 6-3.
A ticket to the quarter-finals saw them beat the Czech Republic pair of Linda Klimovicova and Dominika Salkova 6-7, 6-4, 11-9.
Wimbledon's first Kenyan champion 🇰🇪@Okutoyiangella2 and Dutch partner Rose Marie Nijkamp win the girls’ doubles title after a brilliant comeback victory#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/1tI9TM5dUl
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 9, 2022
🇰🇪 A proud moment for Kenya's Angella Okutoyi as she becomes the country's first #Wimbledon champion, winning the girls’ doubles title with her partner Rose Marie Nijkamp 🏆👏pic.twitter.com/gpnWo4BZkk
— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) July 9, 2022