Brazilian
\ntennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia has won the WTA tournament in Birmingham with
\n251,750 dollars in prize money. In the finals Haddad Maia defeated Shuai Zhang 5-4,
\nafter the Chinese had abandoned the game. Hadad Maia had secured a 6-3, 2-6,
\n6-4, win against Romanian Simona Halep in the semis while Zhang had also
\ndefeated another Romanian, Sorana C\u00e2rstea, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6.<\/p>\n
Romanian
\nswimmers Robert Glinta and David Popovici have qualified for the finals of the World
\nSwimming Championship in Budapest. Glin\u021b\u0103 has qualified for the finals of the 100-meter
\nbackstroke race while Popovici, who is at his first participation in the
\naforementioned competition, has qualified for the finals of the 200-meter
\nfreestyle race with the best time also setting a record for junior contests of
\none minute, 44 seconds and 40 hundredths.<\/p>\n
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Romanians Razvan Ursachi and Iulian Teodosiu have ranked fifth and sixth
\nrespectively in the individual sabre contest of the European Fencing
\nChampionships in Antalya, Turkey. In the quarterfinals, Ursachi lost to Sandro
\nBazadze of Georgia 15-8 while Teodosiu also lost the quarters to Bolade Apithy
\nof France 15-10. <\/p>\n
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Another two Romanians, George Dragomir and Codrin Cozmuleanu came 24th
\nand 31st respectively. While on Friday in the women’s foil event Emilia
\nCorbu and M\u0103lina C\u0103lug\u0103reanu of Romania came 28th and 32nd
\nrespectively. <\/p>\n
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Romania’s football selection has conceded a 2-1 defeat to Italy in its
\nfirst game of the European Under-21 Championship. In the other game of the
\ngroup, France secured a 5-0 win against Slovakia. Romania will next play France.
\n The first two sides in every group will
\nqualify for the semifinals and the World Cup due in Indonesia next year. Sides ranking third will go into the playoffs
\nfor a fifth European place at the World Cup. <\/p>\n
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