Sports flash

Florin Orban, 26.01.2023, 11:50

Romanian
men’s basketball team CSM CSU Oradea this past Wednesday
grabbed a 95-84 home win against German opponents Brose Bamberg, in a Group L
fixture as part of FIBA Europe Cup. CSM CSU Oradea have
thus snatched the second consecutive group win and are still in the race for
the quarterfinal’s qualifiers. In the other Group L match, Cypriot team Keravnos
sustained a 65-78 home defeat by Poland’s Anwil Włocławek. Anwil Włocławek are still
at the top of the table in Group L, with 7 points. CSM CSU Oradea and Brose
Bamberg follow, in descending order, with 6 and 5 points, respectively. This
coming Wednesday, CSM CSU Oradea play an away game agia9nst the Polish team, in
the last but one round as part of the FIBA Europe Cup’s Group stage. The first
two teams in the group advance to the competition’s quarterfinals.

In women’s basketball, in a fixture
counting towards EuroCup, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe sustained a 76-91 defeat by
French team LDLC ASVEL, in Lyon. The match counted towards the first leg as part
of the competition’s round of 16. Holders Sepsi are highly unlikely to secure a
win in the return leg, to be played in Sfantu Gheorghe this coming Wednesday.

Romanian men’s volleyball team Arcada Galati,
in a fixture counting towards the CEV Cup’ playoff stage, sustained a 1-3 defeat
by Italian opponents Piacenza this past Wednesday. We recall the Italians also
secured a first-leg, 3-nil win in Galați.

The Australian Open in
Melbourne has reached the semi-finals stage. The last Romanian standing is to
prove her mettle on Friday. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, pairing up with Ukraine’s Marta
Kostyuk, will try to advance to the competition’s finals. Ruse and Kostyuk go
against the top-seeded, all-Czech pair made of Barbora
Krejcikova and Katerina Synyakova. Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostyuk have
hit their career-best in a Grand Slam tournament. (EN)