After losing a pool play match on Friday (March 25), the Qatari pair managed to secure victory by a 21-17, 21-15 scoreline over Poland's Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak in the semi-finals.

Bryl and Losiak secured a straight sets 21-16, 25-23 victory over Cherif and Ahmed. 

"They beat us in pool play because they were playing better and we knew we had to change something and we decided to be more aggressive," Cherif said.

"In the semi-finals, you either give it all and win or give nothing and go play for bronze, but we certainly didn’t want that. 

"We were down in the first set but recovered with Ahmed’s great defence. 

"We kept that same level during the entire second set and that was the key for us."

Dutch pair Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen defeated Norway’s Anders Berntsen Mol and Christian Sandlie Sørum 17-21, 21-13, 15-12 to secure their place in tomorrow's final.

Brouwer and Meeuwsen will play against the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallists Younousse and Tijan in the final of the men’s tournament, while Bryl and Losiak will face Norway’s Mol and Sørum in the search for bronze. 

The Qataris and Dutch met six times in international events since 2018, where Brouwer and Meeuwsen triumphed on four occasions. 

Among the women, Latvians Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka and Dutch pair Raisa Schoon and Katja Stam moved forward to the final, while Brazilians Talita Antunes and Rebecca Cavalcanti and Americans Kelly Claes and Betsi Flint will fight for third place. 

The Latvian pair lost their first two pool play matches on Thursday (March 24), but managed to win their final pool match the next day and advanced to the finals thanks to their superior point average in a three-way tie with Brazilians Antunes and Cavalcanti and German pairing Svenja Muller and Cinja Tillmann. 

"We’re the kind of team that takes advantage of every opportunity," Kravcenoka said. 

"We made it out of our pool on just a very few points, and since then we really had nothing to lose. 

"We just entered the court in every match trying to do our absolute best, but also enjoying our game, with no pressure."

The Dutch arrive in the final with five wins and one loss from Friday's match, but played well in the elimination round and secured victory over top-seeded Brazilians Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos in the quarter-finals with a 21-18, 12-21, 20-18 scoreline. 

During the semi-finals, they secured another 23-25, 22-20, 15-9 victory over Americans Claes and Flint making it to the finals. 

"It was a really mental game," Schoon said.

"It was really tough and I’m so proud that we did it.

"We just kept fighting for every point and never lost focus and that was really important and reflected on our play in the last two sets."

The beach volleyball players will keep fighting for the title during the medal matches, which are scheduled for tomorrow.