President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated teenage tennis sensation Angela Okutoyi for being the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam.

The 18-year-old and her Dutch compatriot Rose Marie Nijkamp beat Canadian pair Kayla Cross and Victoria Mboko by 2 sets to 1 to clinch the girls’ doubles victory at Wimbledon on Saturday.

President Kenyatta hailed Okutoyi’s historic victory as a momentous achievement that has not only lifted Kenya’s profile in world tennis but will also inspire a generation of young players to excel in the sport.

History has been made 🇰🇪!

Angella Okutoyi 🇰🇪 and Rose Marie Nijkamp 🇳🇱 win the Girls’s Doubles final making Angella the FIRST Kenyan player to win a Grand Slam!#Wimbledon | @tennis_kenya pic.twitter.com/gISp6njiua

— ITF (@ITFTennis) July 9, 2022

History as Okutoyi, Nijkamp win Wimbledon Open girls’ crown

Rising Kenyan tennis star Angela Okutoyi and her partner Rose Marie Nijkamp are the new Wimbledon Open girls’ doubles champions after beating the Canadian pair of Kayla Cross and Victoria Mboko on Saturday afternoon.

The pair won the under 18 girls final 2-1(3-6, 6-4, [11-9] to enter the history books.

On Friday the duo came from behind in both sets to knock out third-seed Lucija Ciric Bagaric (Croatia) and Nikola Daubnerova (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-4 in the semis served at the grass courts of All England Lawn Tennis Club.

In January the teenage sensation reached the juniors’ third round at the Australian Open and later participated in the Roland Garos.