Qatar’s Cherif-Tijan enter semis

The pair defeated Brazilian opponents Evandro and Bruno Schmidt 16-21, 21-15, 21-19 in the quarter-finals.

Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Tijan Ahmed reached the semi-finals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 4-star event in Gstaad on Friday. The pair defeated Brazilian opponents Evandro and Bruno Schmidt 16-21, 21-15, 21-19 in the quarter-finals. Earlier, they had won 22-20, 21-19 against Poland’s Michal Bryl and Grzegorz Fijalek in the last 16 match. They will meet Russians Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Viacheslav Krasilnikov in the semi-finals on Saturday.