Romanian tennis player Irina Begu on Sunday won the
\nWTA 125 tournament in Bucharest, a competition with 115 thousand dollars in
\nprize money. The Romanian obtained a two-set win 6-3, 6-3 against the Hungarian
\nchallenger Reka-Luca Jani. The second-seeded Romanian, who is 41st
\nin the WTA ranking, obtained the victory in two hours. The Hungarian challenger
\nput up a balanced show in both sets but the Romanian eventually won her second
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Romania played Slovakia in an away Davis Cup
\ncompetition this weekend. The hosts eventually obtained a 3-1 win in the World
\nGroup. The only Romanian win belonged to 19 year old player Nicholas David
\nIonel, 283rd in the ATP ranking. On Friday he secured a 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
\nwin against Norbert Gombos. The other games were won by Slovakia, which has
\nthus qualified for the competition’s next stage. <\/p>\n
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In the Champions League, Romanian women’s handball side
\nCSM Bucharest secured a 33-26 away win against Brest-Bretagne of France. The
\nmost effective Romanian player was Elizabeth Omoregie with 6 goals scored.
\nAfter two legs, German side Bietigheim ranks first in the group, followed by Vipers
\nKristiansand of Norway and CSM Bucharest each with four points. Our handballers
\nwill next be playing the German side in Bucharest on Sunday. <\/p>\n
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In group B, in Bucharest, Romania’s champions Rapid
\nended in a 32-all draw their match against French champions Metz. Elisa
\nBuceschi and Lorena Ostase proved to be the best Romanian scorers, each with five
\ngoals. Hungarian side Gyor tops the table with four points, followed by Metz
\nand Rapid each with three. Rapid will be playing Kastamonu in Turkey on Sunday.
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Last weekend saw the matches of the 11th
\nleg of Romania’s Football Superleague. On Friday, FC Voluntari secured a 1-0
\nhome win against FCU Craiova, while in Ploiesti, southern Romania, Farul
\nConstanta obtained a 3-1 win against local side Petrolul. On Saturday,
\nHermanstadt defeated UTA, in Arad, western Romania, while in Sfantu Gheorghe,
\nlocal side Sepsi trounced FC Botosani 7-0. Rapid, on their own turf, clinched a
\n2-1 win against FC Mioveni. On Sunday in Medias, Universitatea Cluj outperformed
\nChindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te 1-0, while in Craiova, southern Romania, local side Universitatea
\ndefeated FCSB 2-1. Farul and Rapid are topping the table each with 24 points,
\nfollowed by Hermannstadt with 22. <\/p>\n
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