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, 08.05.2025, 13:45

Romanian tennis player Gabriela Ruse on Wednesday qualified to the second round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome, offering €6 million in total prizes. In the first round, the WTA no. 88 defeated Russian Polina Kudermetova, (WTA 57) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Gabriela Ruse secured a €21,215 check and 65 WTA points. The Romanian’s next opponent will be American athlete Danielle Collins, seeded number 29.

 

Next, it’s news from water polo. CSM Oradea defeated Dinamo Bucharest on Wednesday at home 15-8 in the second match of the Romanian Super League semifinal. The aggregate score is now 1-1, and the decisive game for qualifying to the final will take place on Saturday, in Bucharest. In the final, the winner will play Steaua Bucharest, which advanced to the other semi-final defeating Rapid 2-0.

 

Also in polo, let’s note that the Romanian men’s national team was drawn in Group A at the World Championship that will take place between July 11-24, in Singapore, according to the draw held on Wednesday in Budapest. The Romanian team will perform alongside Italy, Serbia and South Africa. Romania was in the third-tied urn in the draw. Australia, Spain, Hungary and Japan were drawn in Group B. Singapore, Canada, Brazil and the USA will perform in Group C, whereas Greece, China, Montenegro and Croatia will be part of Group D. In last year’s World Championship, in Doha, Romania ranked 10th.

 

The Superbet Chess Classic Romania international chess competition, the second stage of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 circuit, is taking place in Bucharest starting Wednesday. The prize pool amounts to over $1.6 million, of which $350 thousand represent total prizes in Bucharest. In the first round, the young Romanian grandmaster Bogdan Deac lost to the American Wesley So. Fabiano Caruana from the United States, the world number two and the winner of the circuit in 2023, drew against Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Another draw was also recorded in the confrontation between the American Levon Aronian and the Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusatorov, the 2021 world blitz chess champion. A draw was also recorded in the match between the world champion, the Indian Gukesh Dommaraju and his compatriot, Praggnadhaa Rameshbabu. (VP)

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