It will be a familiar script today when the finals of the Tennis Kenya Challenge Series Three takes place at the Nairobi Club following a breath taking semi-final yesterday.

Siblings Angela Okutoyi and Roselida Asumwa face off for the umpteenth time in what is expected to be an exciting battle in the Ladies Singles.

 The twins who are seeded first and second respectively in this tournament, saw off their opponents in contrasting fashion with the former earning a smooth sail through, while the latter having to sweat to reach the final.

At the same time, long time buddies Ismael Changawa and Ibrahim Kibet meet for the second time in as many days to battle for the cash prize.

Okutoyi was as usual in his groove in the afternoon encounter as she once again proved who is boss in court competition.

She was a 6-1/6-2 winner over Alicia Owegi who continues to struggle against the 15 year old starlet.

The two sets where Okutoyi dropped only three games was interestingly an improvement for Owegi who showed more hurt despite facing a superior challenger.

Her movement was great, however, her undoing was a slew of unforced errors. 

Asumwa on her part fought tooth and nail in her 6-4/7-5 win over the diminutive Cynthia Cheruto.

Cheruto twice broke Asumwa in both sets as she sought to make an upset.

Her determination was rewarded earlier mostly by her good conversions while Asumwa had started a bit slow.

The second set was most enchanting as the youngster pushed her more experienced opponent but was not quite lucky even as she almost forced a tie-break. 

“I have played her (Asumwa) a couple of times and I know her style. In today’s match I think my double faults were my biggest weakness and I was not moving in better as well.

There is room for improvement considering we have been out of action for a long time,” stated Cheruto.

In the Mens Singles, Ibrahim Kibet had a bit of an easy toss up against Albert Njogu after only needing one set to complete his mission.

Kibet who had earlier beaten Brandon Sagala in straight sets had the first set in 6-3 afterwards Njogu retired due to injury.

In the only set played in that semi-final, both players seemed more attracted towards net play.

Meanwhile Changawa downed Derrick Ominde 6-2/6-2 to move to his third consecutive final. Ominde bemoaned his approach to his undoing.

“I think I played better but I need to improve on my rally points because I was giving him shot balls which he found easy to attack.