Ruslan Bykanov and Serguei Prokopiev have been receiving plenty of love from back home in Russia en route to the Doha Open semifinals, their best FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour finish of their careers so far. On Friday they reached the quarterfinals by beating the USA’s Derek Olson and Stafford Slick 2-0 (21-12, 21-13). They...
Khallouf, Abdelrasoul bow out fighting
Qatar’s No 2 team, featuring Abdelaziz Khallouf and Tamer Abdelrasoul, bowed out of the Qatar Open Beach Volleyball Tournament on Thursday, but not before their gritty fight lighting the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy court in Al Gharafa Club. With the top local pair of Tiago Santos and Jefferson Santos Pereira pulling out of the third...
Turkish delight as Gogtepe and Giginoglu progress in Doha
Volkan Gogtepe and Murat Giginoglu finished day three of the inaugural Qatar Open tired but happy after they continued their impressive form on Thursday with two wins over US teams that ensured their progress to the second knockout round. First the pair saved six match points against Derek Olson and Stafford Slick in their final pool...
Tough day for Qatari Teams
Hosts Qatar did not have a good first day in the main round of the 2014 Qatar Open Beach Volleyball Tournament on Wednesday. Despite a good crowd present at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy in Al Gharafa Club cheering them, all the three local pairs lost their first two matches in the group league. Qatar’s...
Canadians continue Parana form at Qatar Open
Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter won twice on the opening day of the inaugural Doha Open to maintain the form that earned them a maiden FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour title at the Parana Open three days ago. The Canadian duo started with a 2-0 (21-17, 21-13) victory over Qatar’s Assam Mahmoud and Sultan Asif...
Khallouf excited about his debut on World Tour event
By: Raajiv Tripathi Qatar’s No 2 team player Abdelaziz Khallouf is immensely excited about his delayed debut on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and said he is more than ready for the Qatar Open. The Qatar Open, which began with the qualifying rounds at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy courts in Al Gharfa Club...
Qatar’s Ahmed Tijan & Cherif Younousse go down fighting
Qatar have signed with FIVB to stage the Qatar Open Beach Volleyball Tournament for three years and it is now setting their eyes on a Grand Slam Tour event. The Qatar Open, a part of the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour event, began at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy courts in Al Gharafa Club on...
English pair building new legacy at Qatar Open
Jake Sheaf and Chris Gregory continued their efforts to put beach volleyball back onto the sports agenda in England, two years on from the London 2012 Olympic Games. The pair made it through to the Qatar Open main draw with a 2-0 (21-17, 21-17) win over Kazakhstan’s Vladislav Pustynnikov and Sergey Bogatu, which they hope will...
FIVB World Tour makes first visit to Doha
The FIVB World Tour moves to Doha, Qatar this week for a men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball Open. The event, which will take place from November 4-8, is the penultimate Open event of the year, before the Mangaung Open in South Africa from 9-14 December. It will be the first FIVB World Tour event hosted by...
Qatar to camp in Italy for Arab Championship
Qatar Indoor Senior National is getting ready to camp in Italy from November 9 to 16 to prepare for the 19th Arab Championship which will be held in Kuwait from November 26 to December 6. Tunisia are the holders of the biennial competition. They had defeated hosts Bahrain in last edition’s final. Qatar have never...