Sublime Younousse and Tijan storm into quarter-finals

Doha: Qatar s Cherif Younousse and Cherif Tijan yesterday maintained their top form to storm into the quarter finals of the Olympic beach volleyball c...

Doha: Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Cherif Tijan yesterday maintained their top form to storm into the quarter-finals of the Olympic beach volleyball competition for the second time in a row.

The Tokyo 2020 Games bronze medalists dominated Chilean cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt to clinch a 21–14, 21–13 victory in the Round of 16.

The victory in the last Round of 16 clash under lights at the picturesque venue next to the Eiffel Tower, also meant that Younousse and Ahmed stay perfect in Paris.

Younousse and Ahmed barely encountered stiff resistance from the former Pan American and South American champions in yesterday’s 38-minute affair, which turned out to be the biggest win margin among all Round of 16 clashes.

The Qatari duo’s opponents in the Wednesday’s quarter-final will be Miles Partain and Andy Benesh of the United States, who secured a commanding victory over Italy’s Samuele Cottafava and Paolo Nicolai earlier yesterday.