On a day of blended fortunes, Qatar’s seaside volleyball pair of Ahmed Tijan & Cherif Younousse cruised into the semi-finals however the volleyball group’s gold medal hopes have been reduce brief ruthlessly by Iran on the Hangzhou Asian Video games on Monday.
Tijan and Younousse, the defending champions and bronze medalists on the Tokyo Olympics, had a cushty 21-17, 21-9 win over Iran’s Bahman Salemi and Sina Shoukati 21-17, 21-19 at Ningbo Banbianshan Seaside Volleyball Centre within the quarter-finals.
The Qatari duo will meet Kazakhstan’s Sergey Bogatu and Dmitriy Yakovlev within the semi-finals on Tuesday, which is scheduled at 12pm Qatar time.
