AVC Men’s Beach Tour Doha Open Final: Cherif & Ahmed vs. Burnett/Ryan

Doha, Qatar, May 3, 2025 – The vibrant duo of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, who are the front runners representing Qatar, showcased their extraordinary abilities by powering into the finals of the AVC Men’s Beach Tour Doha Open. Their impressive journey consisted of definitive success over 2 powerful Thai groups throughout both the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds held at the prominent Al Gharafa Beach Complex on Friday.

The skilled professional athletes, who have actually formerly declared the title of three-time Asian champs, took pleasure in an effective series of competitors in April. They clinched the desirable gold medal for Qatar throughout the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Beach Games kept in Muscat, Oman, on April 10. Just 6 days later on, they attained another impressive task by protecting Qatar’s historical gold medal at the AVC Beach Tour 24th Samila Open in Songkhla, Thailand, a prominent occasion renowned as one of Asia’s longest-running beach volley ball competitors, having actually been arranged continually for over 20 years.

On Friday, the gifted set measured up to their top-seeded status, becoming the shining expect the host country in the four-day, men-only competition. They provided an excellent efficiency, promptly getting rid of the sixth-seeded Thai group of Dunwinit Kaewsai and Banlue Nakprakhong with a commanding rating of 2-0 (21-8, 21-17) in simply 31 minutes throughout the quarterfinals.

Building on their outstanding efficiency, Cherif and Ahmed controlled the semifinals on the exact same day, subduing another Thai duo, Netitorn Muneekul and Wachirawit Muadpha. This fourth-seeded group was in 2015’s silver medallists at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship in Phuket, Thailand. Cherif and Ahmed thrived with a rating of 2-0 (21-10, 21-14), finishing the match in simply 28 minutes.

As they head into the last face-off on Saturday, Cherif and Ahmed, who have yet to drop a single set in the continuous Doha Open, will take on versus the Australian group of Paul Burnett and Luke Ryan. This match assures to be exhilarating, as they formerly beat the Australians in a nail-biting two-set encounter throughout the quarterfinals of the 24th Samila Open.

While the Qatari group advanced to the finals with impressive ease, the third-seeded duo of Burnett and Ryan, champs of the second Nuvali Open, dealt with considerable difficulties in their matches on Friday.

In their quarterfinal match, the Australians came across a difficult obstacle versus the tenth-seeded group of Takumi Takahashi and Jumpei Ikeda, handling to manage a resurgence triumph with a rating of 2-1 (17-21, 21-17, 15-12) after a tiring fight lasting 51 minutes.

The exact same extreme competitors appeared in the semifinals, where Burnett and Ryan combated valiantly, recuperating from a very first set loss of 18-21 versus Ben Hood and Oliver Merritt, in 2015’s silver medallists at the second Nuvali Open in the Philippines. The Australians rallied to protect the next 2 sets, winning 21-15 and 21-10 in a thrilling all-Australian clash.

With Cherif and Ahmed now set for a highly-anticipated last clash versus Burnett and Ryan, the Thai duo of Netitorn and Wachirawit will contend along with Hood and Merritt in the Saturday’s third-place playoff, contending for the alleviation bronze medal.

Earlier in the quarterfinal matches, Hood and Merritt dealt with a difficult fight versus Iran’s Alireza Aghajanighasab and Abbas Pourasgari, who formerly made the bronze medal at the 24th Samila Open. The Australians handled to protect their triumph in a carefully objected to match that ended 2-1 (27-29, 21-18, 15-13). Meanwhile, Netitorn and Wachirawit directly got rid of Japan’s Nassim Malki and Kosuke Fukushima with a rating of 2-1 (21-18, 18-21, 15-6), showing their strength and ability.

The excitedly waited for third-place playoff match is set to occur on Saturday at 5 PM regional time, followed by the last face-off at 6:30 PM, which will conclude with the awards discussion and the closing event.

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