Kenya's first Grand Slam winner Angella Okutoyi gets brilliant reception on return; WATCH

18-year-old tennis ace Angella Okutoyi received a brilliant reception on her return to her home nation after becoming first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam. Along with Rose Marie Nijkamp of Nerlands, Okutoyi won Wimbledon 2022 girl's doubles title. duo beat team of Kalya Cross and Victoria Mboko of Cana by a scoreline of 3-6, 6-4,11-9.

Angella Okutoyi receives outstanding reception on her return to Kenya

As seen in video posted by NTV Kenya below, Wimbledon 2022 girls winner Angella Okutoyi was surrounded by fans after she returned to her home country. Kenyan fans could be seen dancing alongside her with rackets in ir hands and celebrating 18-year-old's outstanding achievement.

After a landmark win at Wimbledon 2022, Okutoyi said (as quoted by wtatennis.com), "I wouldn’t know," when asked if she was famous back home. "Maybe now I am, but I don’t put too much in my he, you know? If I am, it’s a good thing." Okutoyi n went on to d how one of her gestures motivated her to do even better in future tournaments.

"I gave trophy to kids, and y were like, 'We want to be like you one day. We want to play Grand Slams.' That also motivated me to do good and better. If you have belief you can have dream come true," ded Wimbledon 2022 girls winner.

18-year-old n thanked media for making her recognised in her own country by ding, " media really helped me a lot. Since that time in Australia, many people started to recognize me -- which was always my dream for me and my country. I have inspired a lot of players in Kenya now. A lot of people want to play," ded Okutoyi.

Australian Open earlier this year helped Okutoyi to leave a mark on biggest stage in tennis by becoming  first Kenyan to win a junior Grand Slam match n. 18-year-old reached third round before suffering defeat to Lola Rivojevic of Serbia by a scoreline of 6-2, 6-3.