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The
\nRomanian tennis player Sorana C\u00eerstea won the WTA 100 held in Reus, Spain. On
\nSunday she defeated Elizabeth Mandlik (US) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6. For this achievement,
\nSorana was awarded EUR 13,000 and 160 WTA points. Another performance for
\nRomanian tennis players last week was Gabriela Ruse’s qualifying into the
\nsemi-finals of the doubles competition of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid, together
\nwith Marta Kostiuk (Ukraine). The two athletes were defeated by seeds no. 1 Jessica
\nPegula \/ Coco Gauff (US), 7-5, 7-6 in the match for the final. Ruse and Kostiuk
\nreceived 390 WTA points.<\/p>\n
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Both teams
\nrepresenting Romania at the women’s handball Champions League left the
\ncompetition after the quarter-finals. On Saturday, Rapid Bucharest lost to Vipers
\nKristiansand 40 – 31 in Norway, after Vipers had already won the first leg of
\nthe match, in Bucharest, 31-25. On Sunday, Team Esbjerg, of Denmark, beat CSM
\nBucharest, 33-31, in the Romanian capital city, after a previous 32-28 win at
\nhome. The Hungarian teams Gy\u0151r and Ferencv\u00e1ros are the other 2 teams qualified
\ninto the final tournament of the Champions League, scheduled for June in
\nBudapest. <\/p>\n
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This
\nweekend saw the start of the largest chess tournament hosted by Bucharest:
\nSuperbet Chess Classic Romania. Scores of the world’s top chess players are
\ntaking part. Romania is represented by Bogdan Deac and Richard Rapport. After 2
\nrounds, 3 players are top of the tables with 1.5 points: Wesley So (US), rusul Ian
\nNepomniachtchi (Russia) and Richard Rapport. The tournament offers USD 350,000
\nin total prize money and is the first round of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour. <\/p>\n
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Matches
\nwere played over the weekend counting for the 7th leg of the play-off
\n\/ play-out round of the Romanian football SuperLeague. In the play-out, on
\nFriday FC Voluntari Mioveni 1-0, and Petrolul defeated Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte, 2-1.
\nOn Saturday, FC Boto\u015fani drew against Universitatea Clu, 0-0, with the last two
\nmatches, pitting Hermannstadt against FC U Craiova and FC Arge\u015f against UTA
\nArad, scheduled for Monday. <\/p>\n
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In the
\nplay-offs, on Saturday Farul Constan\u0163a thrashed Rapid Bucharest, 7-2, while on
\nSunday CFR Cluj and Universitatea Craiova drew, 1-1. In the last match of this
\nleg, FCSB are facing Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe in Bucharest on Monday. Top of the
\nstandings so far are Farul Constanta, with 46 points, followed by FCSB (40). (AMP)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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