O’Brien’s last-ball six seals Super Over win for Ireland PAGE 14 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020 Qatar’s Younousse, Tijan bounce back to make knock-out stage The eighth seeded pair lost their opening match but came back in the next to advance in the Four-Star Katara Beach Volleyball Cup RAAJIV TRIPATHI DOHA QATAR stars Cherif You- nousse and Ahmed Tijan bounced back from a shock Results opening match loss only Pool A: Round 1: Match 1: Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy Russia (1) def. Saifeddine to outclass French qualifi- Elmajid / Benlouaer Ziad Qatar (32) 21-14, 21-12 (0:29); Match 2: Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins ers Quincy Aye and Arnaud Latvia (16) def. Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt Chile (17) 21-17, 21-13 (0:33); Round 2: Match 17: Gauthier-Rat in the next and Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy Russia (1) def. Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins Latvia (16) 16-21, 21-16, 15-11 (0:47); Match 18: Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt Chile (17) def. Saifeddine Elmajid advance in the Four-Star Ka- / Benlouaer Ziad Qatar (32) 21-18, 21-13 (0:30); Pool B: Round 1: Match 3: Alexander Brouwer / Robert tara Beach Volleball Cup 2020 Meeuwsen Netherlands (2) def. Assam Mahmoud / Mahdi Sammoud Qatar (31) 21-16, 21-18 (0:32); on Tuesday. Match 4: Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak Poland (15) def. Steven van de Velde / Christiaan Varenhorst Netherlands (18) 21-17, 21-18 (0:36); Round 2: Match 19: Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen At the Katara Cultural Vil- Netherlands (2) def. Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak Poland (15) 19-14 retired (0:17); Match 20: Steven van lage Amphitheatre Central de Velde / Christiaan Varenhorst Netherlands (18) def. Assam Mahmoud / Mahdi Sammoud Qatar (31) Court, the eighth-seeded You- 21-14, 21-17 (0:33) nousse and Tijan surrendered Pool C: Round 1: Match 5: Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena United States (3) def. Jasper Bouter / Ruben Penninga Netherlands (30, Q13) 21-18, 21-16 (0:34); Match 6: Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz- their 1-0 set advantage to lose Telsnigg Austria (19) def. Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov Russia (14) 14-21, 21-18, 15-9 (0:43) their first Pool H match to Round 2: Match 21: Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena United States (3) def. Martin Ermacora / Moritz Ukrainian qualifiers Iaroslav Pristauz-Telsnigg Austria (19) 21-12, 21-15 (0:30); Match 22: Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov Gordieiev and Sergiy Popov Russia (14) def. Jasper Bouter / Ruben Penninga Netherlands (30, Q13) 27-25, 20-22, 15-11 (0:56) Pool D: Round 1: Match 7: Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai Italy (4) def. Alejandro Huerta / Cesar 21-17, 13- 21, 10-15. Menendez Spain (29, Q10) 21-19, 21-13 (0:31); Match 8: Nils Ehlers / Lars Fluggen Germany (13) The Asia and Asian Games def. Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller Austria (20) 21-11, 19-21, 15-10 (0:48); Round 2: Match 23: Nils champions Younousse and Ehlers / Lars Fluggen Germany (13) def. Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai Italy (4) 21-16, 21-17 (0:34); Tijan, who won the bronze Match 24: Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller Austria (20) def. Alejandro Huerta / Cesar Menendez Spain (29, Q10) 21-15, 21-12 (0:32) medal in this event in 2018, Pool E: Round 1: Match 9: Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb United States (5) def. Josue Gaxiola / Jose Rubio then faced the sudden-death. Mexico (28, Q8) 21-13, 21-16 (0:34); Match 10: Sam Pedlow / Sam Schachter Canada (21) def. Mirco However, they reorganised Gerson / Adrian Heidrich Switzerland (12) 18-21, 21-14, 15-10 (0:51); Round 2: Match 25: Taylor Crabb their game superbly during / Jake Gibb United States (5) def. Sam Pedlow / Sam Schachter Canada (21) 21-15, 21-17 (0:33); Match 26: Josue Gaxiola / Jose Rubio Mexico (28, Q8) def. Mirco Gerson / Adrian Heidrich Switzerland the second match in the group (12) 21-16, 20-22, 15-10 (0:51) stage against the Frenchmen, Pool F: Round 1: Match 11: Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Brazil (6) def. Dries Koekelkoren posting a 21-16, 21-15 victory / Tom van Walle Belgium (27, Q6) 12-21, 21-14, 15-9 (0:45); Match 12: Billy Allen / Stafford Slick United States (22, Q1) def. Julius Thole / Sven Winter Germany (11) 21-16, 21-14 (0:35); Round 2: in half an hour. Match 27: Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Brazil (6) def. Billy Allen / Stafford Slick United Ahmed commented after States (22, Q1) 21-15, 21-17 (0:37); Match 28: Julius Thole / Sven Winter Germany (11) def. Dries the match: “All teams are be- Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle Belgium (27, Q6) 21-18, 21-18 (0:39) ginning the year here and need Pool G: Round 1: Match 13: Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek Poland (7) def. Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen Mexico (26, Q5) 17-21, 21-19, 15-12 (0:54); Match 14: Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera Spain some time to find their groove. (10) def. Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst Austria (23) 19-21, 21-14, 15-11 (0:43); Round 2: Match No matter how much you may 29: Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek Poland (7) def. Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera Spain (10) 33-31, practise, you still need to be 19-21, 15-13 (1:06); Match 30: Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen Mexico (26, Q5) def. Clemens match sharp and the momen- Doppler / Alexander Horst Austria (23) 24-22, 21-15 (0:40) Pool H: Round 1: Match 15: Iaroslav Gordieiev / Sergiy Popov Ukraine (25, Q3) def. Cherif Samba / Ahmed tum often comes when you Tijan Qatar (8) 17-21, 21-13, 15-10 (0:50); Match 16: Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb United States (9) def. play more and more matches. Quincy Aye / Arnaud Gauthier-Rat France (24, Q2) 21-6, 21-16 (0:26); Round 2: Match 31: Tri Bourne / “I think we had this is- Trevor Crabb United States (9) def. Iaroslav Gordieiev / Sergiy Popov Ukraine (25, Q3) 20-22, 25-23, 16-14 sue in the first match against (1:00); Match 32: Cherif Samba / Ahmed Tijan Qatar (8) def. Quincy Aye / Arnaud Gauthier-Rat France (24, the Ukraine team, but in the Q2) 21-16, 21-15 (0:30). second, we minimised our mistakes. We focused on our strong points and used the re- Asia and Asian Games champions Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan in action during their match against Quincy Aye and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of France at the Katara Cultural Village Amphitheatre on Tuesday. ception well to create opportu- nities. And they did come, we in three sets in the second their lung-opener, bowed out. bow out. The loss of Younousse and Mirco Gerson and Adrian Aleksandrs Samoilovs and exploited them to get points round to record their second Younousse and Tijan were So did Assam Mahmoud Tijan was not just the only up- Heidrich from Switzerland, Janis Smedins, the 16th seeds and seal the match,” the de- win and topping the pool, You- the only pair among Qatar’s and Mahdi Sammoud, who set result that marked the first the 12th seeds, suffered two from Latvia, shocked defend- fender added. nousse and Tijan finished sec- three teams to make it to the were pitted against former day of the main round action. losses in a row in Pool E and ing champions Esteban Gri- “We’re happy to bounce ond on the set quotient basis next stage. Saifeddine Elma- world champions and 2016 Nils Ehlers and Lars Fluggen, were knocked out. In Pool F, malt and Marco Grimalt from back and make the knock-out and advanced to the knock-out jid and Benlouaer Ziad were Rio Olympics bronze medal- the 13th seeds from Germany, Billy Allen and Stafford Slick, Chile in 33 minutes and 19th- stage. We’ll try to do good and first round. placed in Pool A and faced lists Dutch Alexander Brou- stunned fourth-seeds Daniele the US qualifiers, sprang a sur- seeded Martin Ermacora and see how deep we can go into Gordieiev and Popov also world champions and top wer and Robert Meeuwsen, Lupo and Paolo Nicolai from prise on Germans Julius Thole Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg from the tournament,” Tijan said. progressed to the first elimina- seeds Viacheslav Krasilnikov the 2018 Katara Cup winners. Italy 2-0 in a Pool D clash. and Sven but the 11th seeds Austria took three sets to upset With ninth seeds Try tor but Aye and Gauthier-Rat, and Oleg Stoyanovskiy in their They lost to them straight and Fluggen had won the 2016 ti- managed to win the second Ilya Leshukov and Konstan- Bourne and Trevor Crabb from who had been beaten by the opening game. They lost both went to suffer another defeat tle along side Markus Bocker- match and stayed in the tour- tin Semenov, the 14th-seeded the US beating the Ukrainians Americans in straight sets in their matches in the pool to later to bow out. mann in Al Gharafa. nament for another day. from Russia. Ferrari – at Australian GP – wants to put ‘smiles on faces’ AFP second race, has barred fans. 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