Beach Pro Tour Finals: Younousse and Tijan claim back-to-back wins on opening day

Doha: Qatar s duo of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan delivered a stellar performance winning both their matches on the opening day of the Beach Pro T...

Doha: Qatar’s duo of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan delivered a stellar performance winning both their matches on the opening day of the Beach Pro Tour Finals 2024 at Aspire Zone yesterday.

With two consecutive victories in Pool A, the former World No.1 pair now occupy the second spot in the Pool A, with two more matches remaining in the preliminary round.

In their first match against the Czech reigning world champions Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner, the Qatari duo fought back after dropping the first set 22-20 as they found their rhythm to claiming the next two sets 21-15 and 15-12.

In their second match in front of the home fans, Younousse and Tijan overturning a first-set deficit to beat Italy’s four-time Olympian, Rio 2016 Games silver medallist Paolo Nicolai and his partner Samuele Cottafava 2-1 (16-21, 21-19, 15-9).

The Qatari pair will next take on Paris Olympic silver medallists Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler of Germany at 4:00 PM today in their third pool match, before winding up the pool stage with another blockbuster clash against the world’s number four team and former chart leaders Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot of the Netherlands at 8:00 PM.