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Romania has only one athlete left in the Roland Garros singles
\ntournament. On Thursday, in the second round of the competition, Irina Begu, no
\n63 WTA, had a hard time defeating Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, no 31 in the
\nworld and seed number 30, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. In the 3rd round, the
\nRomanian player will be facing Leolia Jeanjean of France, no. 227 WTA. The
\nFrench player produced a major surprise on Thursday, defeating Karolina
\nPliskova, of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n
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Also on Thursday, Simona Halep, seed no 19, left the competition. She was
\noutplayed in the second round by the 19-year old Chinese player Qinwen Zheng, number
\n74 in the world, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. On Wednesday, also in the 2nd round,
\nSorana C\u00eerstea had been defeated by Sloane Stephens, of the US, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.<\/p>\n
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In volleyball, on Saturday in Budapest the Romanian national women’s
\nteam is playing against Hungary in Group C of the Golden League. The Romanians
\noutplayed Ukraine, 3-2 on Tuesday in Alexandria, but the Ukrainian players made
\na comeback on Wednesday, when they won 3-1 in Alexandria.<\/p>\n
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Sunday will bring the final standings of the top 2 leagues in Romanian
\nfootball, with the second leg of the playoff round to decide who stays and who
\nqualifies into League 1. The first match will be played in Ploie\u015fti, pitting
\nLeague 1 team Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte against Concordia Chiajna, from the second
\ndivision. Last week, Concordia won at home 2-1, thanks to the goals scored by
\nDaniel Florea and Andrei Pi\u0163ian. Adrian Voicu scored for the opposing team. <\/p>\n
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In the
\nsecond playoff match, taking place in Bucharest, top-leaguer Dinamo are facing
\nUniversitatea Cluj, from the second league. In the first leg in Cluj, Universitatea
\nwon 2-0, with goals scored by the Belgian Martin Remacle and the Moldovan
\nplayer Alexandru Boiciuc. (AMP)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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