Cherif Younousse Samba and his partner Ahmed Tijan earned a home win in the final of the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup tonight ©Getty Images

Home favourites Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan lived up to their billing tonight as they won the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup.

The Qatari pairing beat Switzerland’s Quentin Metral and Yves Haussener 21-15, 21-19 in the final of the one-star competition that has got the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour underway in 2021.

The Swiss pairing had reached the final earlier in the day by beating Turkey’s Murat Giginoglu and Volkan Gogtepe 21-18, 21-12.

Switzerland's Quentin Mitral and his playing partner Yves Haussener earned silver in the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup, losing to Qatar's Cherif and Ahmed ©Getty Images
Switzerland's Quentin Mitral and his playing partner Yves Haussener earned silver in the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup, losing to Qatar's Cherif and Ahmed ©Getty Images

The home pair, who were undefeated throughout, had progressed with a 21-13, 21-12 win over the Russian team of Alexey Gusev and Pavel Shustrov, whom they had beaten in qualifying but who advanced after winning two elimination matches.

But Gusev and Shustrov had the consolation of winning the third place match against their Turkish opponents 19-21, 21-15, 19-17.