Romania won two medals at the 2019 European
\n10-m shooting Championship hosted by Osijek, Croatia. Laura Coman won gold in
\nthe 10-m air rifle event after two rounds of tie-breaking shots. She was
\nfollowed by Nina Christen of Switzerland and Franziska Peer of Austria in the
\nstandings. Another Romanian, Roxana Sidi, finished in 6th place. The
\nRomanian team, made up of Laura Coman, Roxana Sidi and Eliza Molnar, grabbed
\nbronze in the women’s air rifle team event, defeating Austria in the bronze
\nfinal. Russia won gold after winning the final against Italy. <\/p>\n
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We move on to news from tennis. Romanian tennis
\nplayer Simona Halep, world no. 3, qualified to the round of 16 at the Miami
\nOpen totaling over 9 million dollars in prize money. In the round of 32 Haep
\nhad a difficult time defeating Polona Hercog of Slovenia, final score 5-7, 7-6,
\n6-2. Simona will next play Venus Williams of the US, who previously ousted
\nRussia’s Daria Kasatkina, 6-3, 6-1. Halep and Williams are tied in direct
\nmatches, 3-all, although the Romanian has won the last three matches. They last
\nplayed each other at the Australian Open in the third round, a match Halep won
\n6-2, 6-3. <\/p>\n
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Also at the Miami Open the pair made up of
\nRaluca Olaru and Darija Jurak of Croatia has advanced to the quarterfinals of the
\nwomen’s doubles. Olaru and Jurak knocked out Lara Arruabarrena of Spain and
\nGreat Britain’s Heather Watson, 7-5, 6-3. In the next phase the two will face
\nVictoria Azarenka of Belarus and Ashleigh Barty of Australia, who in the
\nprevious round defeated Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia and Alexandra Panova of
\nRussia, 6-3, 1-6, 10-7. <\/p>\n
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The Romanian women’s handball team lost 36-23
\nto Denmark in the last fixture of the Golden League tournament held in France.
\nThe Romanians also lost the other two games, 18-28 against France and 27-31
\nagainst Norway. <\/p>\n
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We end with news from football. The city of
\nCluj on Tuesday will host the second match of the 2020 European Championship
\npreliminaries. Romania will play the Faeroe Islands in Group F. In the first
\nmatch on Saturday Romania lost 2-1 against Sweden away from home. <\/p>\n
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