
Moroccan Tennis Star Benchetrit Clinches First Title of Year at Doha Tournament
Moroccan tennis player Elliot Benchetrit won the international tennis tournament in Doha on Saturday, thus winning his first title of the year.

Moroccan tennis player Elliot Benchetrit won the international tennis tournament in Doha on Saturday, thus winning his first title of the year.

Following the draw for the Davis Cup Africa Zone III Group, held in Algiers on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Morocco will have to face Algeria, the host country of the tournament.

Morocco faced Monaco on Saturday, as part of the 2022 Davis Cup Play-offs. The Monegasques managed to beat the Moroccans, thus securing their ticket for World Group II, whose matches will be played in September 2022.

The Franco-Moroccan tennis player, Elliot Benchetrit, who decided at the end of 2020 to represent Morocco during the Olympic Games and the Davis Cup, gave an interview to VH magazine on the reasons that led him to make this decision. During this interview, the player confides that after playing for France, his country of birth, he wanted to honor Morocco, his country of origin.

The 22-year-old French tennis player Elliot Benchetrit has decided to now play for Morocco, the country of his father, in the Davis Cup and the Olympics. A "well-thought-out" choice that he explains.

Good news for Moroccan tennis, which will soon welcome Elliot Benchetrit. The French tennis player has just announced his intention to play for Morocco, "the country of birth of his father".