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, 07.09.2023, 13:45

As part of the quarterfinals of the US Open tennis
tournament, the year’s last Grand Slam tournament, the Romanian player Sorana
Cîrstea sustained a two-set defeat by Czech challenger Karolina Muchova, 6-nil,
6-3, after one hour and 37 minutes of play. WTA number 30, 33-year-old Cîrstea was
handed a cheque worth 450, 000 USD and was granted 430 WTA points.


Also as part of the US Open, in the women’s doubles’ round
of 16, the Romanian-Ukrainian pair made of Gabriela Ruse-and Marta Kostiuk was
defeated by the all-American pair made of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, 6-3,
6-1, after one hour and 16 minutes of play. Ruse and Kostyuk were handed a cheque
worth 58.000 USD and were granted 240 points in the women’s doubles rankings.


As
part of the Balkan Championships held in Larissa, Greece, the Romanian national
road cycling team has won 13 medals, of which 7 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Taking
part in the competition was an 18-strong delegation of cyclists, accompanied by
their staff. Cyclist Manuela Mureşan won two gold medals, in the elite, individual
time trial and long-distance races. Cyclist Emil Dima walked away with a silver
medal in the elite road race. The rest of the medals was won in the U-23, juniors
and cadets’ categories.


This
past Monday saw the last three fixtures being played, counting towards the
Romanian Football Super league’s 8th round. Universitatea Cluj was
defeated by Politehnica Iași, nil-2, FC Botoșani and Hermannstadt drew, 2-all,
while Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe defeated UTA Arad, 1-nil. With
18 points, FCSB are at the top pf the as-it-stands table, followed by CFR Cluj,
with 16 points and Rapid Bucharest with 14 points.


As
part of the Romanian National Rugby League’s second round, CSM
Baia Mare trounced FC Bârlad, 90-9, Știința Petroșani were thrashed by Politehnica
Iași 7-50, Universitatea Cluj defeated Club Municipal Galați, 64-7, Steaua
București and CSM Constanța drew, 29-all, Dinamo București defeated Săgeata
Năvodari, 5-nil, while SCM Timișoara defeated Grivița, 5-nil. CSM Baia Mare, CSM
Constanța and Dinamo Bucharest are at the top of the table in the three groups.



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