The Romanian-Latvian pair made up of Monica Niculescu and Jelena
\nOstapenko lost to Nicole Melichar of the United States and Demi Schuurs of the
\nNetherlands 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 in the women’s doubles final at the WTA tournament
\nin Doha, totaling some $500 thousand in prize money. Monica Niculescu has won 9
\nWTA doubles titles and played another 18 finals, while Jelena Ostapenko has won
\n3 titles in 4 finals. <\/p>\n
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In other news from tennis, Horia Tec\u0103u of Romania and Kevin Krawietz
\nof Germany lost to Nikola Metkic and Mate Pavic of Croatia, 7-6, 6-2 in the
\nmen’s doubles final at the ATP tournament in Rotterdam, totaling some $980
\nthousand in prizes. Tec\u0103u and Krawietz had a remarkable run in Rotterdam
\nconsidering this was their first tournament together. Last year Tec\u0103u ended his
\npartnership with Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands, while earlier this year
\nhe paired up with Marcelo Melo of Brazil. <\/p>\n
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The Romanian handball club CSM Bucharest has made an important step
\ntowards qualifying to the Champions League quarterfinals after winning 33-24
\nagainst Romania’s champions, SCM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea, on Saturday, in the first leg
\nof the round of 16. Cristina Neagu was the top scorer for CSM with 13 goals,
\nand was also declared MVP. Goalkeeper Jelena Grubisic also contributed to CSM’s
\nwin with 16 saves. <\/p>\n
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The Romanian rugby team had a poor start of the 2021 Rugby Europe
\nChampionship season after losing to Russia, 18-13 away from home. In the next
\nfixture Romania will play Portugal, on March 13, away from home. The 2021 and 2022 seasons of Rugby Europe
\nChampionship count as qualifying criteria for the 2023 World Cup. <\/p>\n
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We go out with news from football. This weekend saw matches counting
\ntowards the 26th round of the Romanian domestic championship. On
\nFriday, Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te won 1-nil against Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe, while
\nViitorul Constan\u021ba drew 1-all against Academica Clinceni. On Saturday, in
\nCraiova, the local side Universitatea won narrowly 1-nil against FC Boto\u0219ani,
\nwhile in Arad, CFR Cluj grabbed a 1-nil win over UTA. On Sunday, Astra Giurgiu
\nwon 2-1 against FC Hermannstadt, while FCSB won 1-nil against Gaz Metan Media\u0219
\nin a match played on National Arena stadium in Bucharest. The round’s last
\nmatches will be played on Monday: FC Arge\u0219 will play Poli Ia\u0219i, while FC
\nVoluntari will take on Dinamo Bucharest. FCSB and CFR Cluj both top the league
\ntables with 57 points, separated by goal-average, followed by Craiova with 50
\npoints. (V.P.)<\/p>\n
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