Qatar’s top-ranked pair Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan maintained their unbeaten run at the AVC Beach Tour Doha Open 2026, defeating Indonesia’s Mulyo Prasetyo Ferza and Purnomosidi Akbar Rizqy 21-13, 21-9 to advance to the quarter-finals. The recently crowned Asian Games gold medallists had earlier beaten China’s Li Wei and Yuan Nengfei, and Thailand’s S Nobphadon and T Poravid in straight sets to complete a dominant Pool A campaign.