Joao Pessoa: Qatar’s beach volleyball pair of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan finished runners-up in Beach Pro Tour – Elite 16 following a thrilling final in Joao Pessoa, Brazil yesterday.
Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sorum emerged as the champions after winning the title clash with a 25-27, 21-17, 19-17 score-line.
Despite not being able to continue in their tournament-winning run in João Pessoa, David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden didn’t return home empty-handed as the Swedish Olympic champions defeated the Argentinean Capogrosso brothers Nicolas and Tomas in the tie-breaker (19-21, 21-18, 15-11) to finish third.