Mohamed Safwat set to participate in Olympics as first Egyptian tennis player

Mohamed Safwat is all set to participate in the Olympics 2020 happening in Tokyo, according to KingFut.com.  He has achieved this feat after beating his fellow Egyptian Karim Ma’moun 2-0 in the final of the 2019 African Games.

Safwat will be the first Egyptian Tennis player to participate in the Olympics.

It was also the first time ever that an all-Egyptian final occured in the African games which meant that Egypt could secure both the gold and silver medals.

BREAKING: Mohamed Safwat will be the first Egyptian Tennis player to participate in the Olympics after beating his fellow Egyptian Karim Ma’moun 2-0 in African Olympics final. #Tokyo2020

— KingFut.com (@King_Fut) August 29, 2019

Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009.

In 2016, he was the first Egyptian player since 1997 to reach the final of a Challenger tournament when he reached the final in Kenitra, before losing to Maximilian Marterer in straight sets. He also reached the semifinals at the Challenger tournament in Launceston in 2017, eventually losing to Mitchell Krueger.

In 2018, he beat No. 3 seed and top 100 player Jordan Thompson en route to his second Challenger singles final in Anning, where he lost to Prajnesh Gunneswaran. Safwat qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2018 French Open as a lucky loser, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.

He was the first man from Egypt to play in a Grand Slam tennis tournament's main singles draw in 22 years.

Safwat was part of the Egyptian Davis Cup team to advance to the 3rd round of the Europe/Africa Zone II bracket for the first time since 1996 (tie against Finland to be played on September 2018 in Egypt).

Safwat has also won 3 titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour.