Spain's Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira reached the final of the FIVB Beach World Tour in Xiamen ©FIVB

Spain's Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira defeated world number one pair Anders Mol and Christian Sørum of Norway on their way to the men's final of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour in Xiamen. 

They first saw off Taylor Crabb and Jacob Gibb of the United States 21-19, 14-21, 15-10, before beating Mol and Sørum 18-21, 21-18, 17-15 in a tense quarter-final. 

Up next was Qatari duo Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, who Herrera and Gavira beat 21-17, 21-17.

The pair are hoping for their first Xiamen title since 2016.

"Three years ago Xiamen was perfect for us, we won the gold medal, we will try again tomorrow," said Gavira.

"It was a long day with three matches so we need to rest and tomorrow we will fight with everything."

Russia's Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Viacheslav Krasilnikov progressed to the FIVB Beach World Tour final in Xiamen ©FIVB
Russia's Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Viacheslav Krasilnikov progressed to the FIVB Beach World Tour final in Xiamen ©FIVB

They will face Russia's Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Viacheslav Krasilnikov in the final. 

Stoyanovskiy and Krasilnikov recorded a 21-15, 21-18 win against Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Álvaro Morais Filho, followed by a 21-13, 21-15 victory against Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands. 

Success in the semi-final came against Italy's Enrico Rossi and Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich, the Russians triumphing 21-14, 21-19.

The final will be played tomorrow, alongside the women's semi-finals and final.