Ahmed Tijan

Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, a top Qatari pair, had a strong showing at the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup 4-star, but they were unable to turn a one-set lead into victory in the quarterfinals, losing to Czechia's Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner in a thrilling tiebreaker. They settled for the fifth spot at the Doha 1-star just two weeks after winning their first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold as a team. Cherif, who has a habit of setting high goals, was dissatisfied

Defending champion Cherif Younousse and Qatar's Ahmed Tijan lived up to their legacy yesterday when they won their first two Pool-A matches (main draw) at the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup. The 13th-placed Qatari pair on the FIVB World Tour first vanquished Pavel Shustrov-Alexey Gusev's Russian team 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) at the Gharafa Beach Complex courts and defeated Joe El Azzi and Salba Chafic of Lebanon 2-0 later that evening (21-8 21-11).