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\nDutch pair made up of Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer has succeeded its first
\nwin in 2019. Tecau and Rojer defeated the Georgian – Australian pair made up of
\nNikoloz Basilashvili and Matthew Ebden, 6-3, 6-4, in the first round of the
\nmen’s doubles at the ATP Rotterdam tournament, an event with 1, 961,160 Euro in
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Tec\u0103u and Rojer
\nhave received a cheque of more than 16 thousand Euros and 90 ATP points in the
\ndoubles rankings. In their next match, Tecau and Rojer will take on Dutch -
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Now it’s news from
\nmen’s handball, as Romania’s champions Dinamo Bucharest this past Wednesday secured
\na 28-20 home win against CSM Bucharest, in a pending fixture counting towards
\nthe National League’s 8th round.
\nDinamo’s Tunisian handballer Amine Bannour was the top scorer, with 8 goals
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\nWednesday, games were played counting towards the National League’s 18th
\nround. In the day’s derby, Dobrogea Sud secured a 25-24 win against Steaua
\nBucharest and earned the lead position in the table, with 42 points. CSM Bucharest
\nare coming second with 40 points, and a game in hand. <\/p>\n
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The Romania goal-keeper
\nof Italian club Juventus Turin, Laurentiu Branescu, is on loan to Zalgiris
\nVilnius, according to a posting by Lithuania’s vice champions cited by
\nAgerpress. After two seasons when he was on loan to Dinamo Bucharest, Branescu
\nreturned to Turin in the summer of 2018, and the Italian club decided Branescu should
\nyet again be on loan.<\/p>\n
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In the first part of the competition season, Laurentiu
\nBranescu was on loan to Croatian team Gorica. Branescu will be 25 on March 30
\nand his contract with Juventus is due to expire in June 2020. However, Branescu
\nhasn’t yet been included in Juventus’ main lineup. <\/p>\n
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