Pictures: FIVB
Qatars’ Ahmed Tijane in action during the FIVB beach Volleyball World Tour finals main round match against Poland’s Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak in Rome, Italy, yesterday.
Ahmed and his team-mate Cherif Younousse beat their Polish counterparts in straight sets (23-21, 21-15) to advance to the elimination rounds at the $600,000 event yesterday.

Ahmed and Cherif celebrate after winning their match yesterday.