We start today\u2019s sports review with tennis. The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has again failed to become the world\u2019s no. 1 player. She lost the final of the Cincinnati tournament, with more than two million and a half dollars in prize money. Halep lost 6-1, 6-0 to Spanish player Garbine Muguruza. It is for the third time this year that Simona Halep has missed the opportunity to become WTA\u2019s 1st- ranked player. First, she lost the Roland Garros final to Latvian player Jelena Ostapenko, and secondly Simona failed to qualify to the Wimbledon semifinals, being defeated in the quarterfinals by British player Johanna Konta.<\/p>\n
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Romania had another player in the Cincinnati WTA tournament\u2019s doubles finals, namely Monica Niculescu. The pair made up of the Taiwanese player Su-Wei Hsieh and Monica Niculescu was defeated by the pair Martina Hingis (Switzerland)\/ Yung-Jan Chan(Taiwan) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.<\/p>\n
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Next we\u2019ll bring you the results of the football games played this past weekend in the 7th leg of the championship of Romania\u2019s League One. On Friday in Giurgiu, Astra ended in a goaless draw their match against Poli Ia\u015fi. Saturday\u2019s matches were won by the guest teams, away from home. Thus Poli Timi\u015foara won the match against Gaz Metan, in Media\u015f, FCSB, formerly known as Steaua Bucharest, won 2-1 the match in Ploie\u015fti against Juventus Bucure\u015fti.<\/p>\n
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On Sunday the en-titre champion Viitorul Constan\u0163a, trained by Gheorghe Hagi, lost in Ovidiu, on home turf, 2-0, to CSU Craiova. Also on Sunday, CFR Cluj, clinched a two-nil home win against FC Voluntari. Monday will see the last two matches of the 7th leg, when FC Boto\u015fni will be pitted against Concordia Chiajna and Dinamo Bucharest will take on Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. CFR Cluj ranks first in the standings of the first Romanian football league.<\/p>\n
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