{"id":850250,"date":"2025-01-13T13:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T11:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=850250"},"modified":"2025-01-13T11:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T09:41:38","slug":"sports-roundup-495","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-roundup-495-id850250.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian on Monday advanced to the second round of the Australian Open after ousting Petra Martic of Croatia 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 in the opening round, after winning 10-7 the supertiebreak. Also on Monday, Sorana C\u00eerstea lost to Ukraine\u2019s Elena Svitolina, the competition\u2019s 28<sup>th<\/sup> seed, 6-4, 6-4. On Sunday, Anca Todoni lost 7-6, 6-1 to Qinwen Zheng of China (5<sup>th<\/sup> seed). On Tuesday, Gabriela Ruse will play Irina Begu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian women\u2019s handball team Gloria Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud has grabbed its third win in the current edition of Champions League. Florentin Pera\u2019s trainees won 31-28 against Storhamar of Norway at home on Saturday, in a match counting towards Group A. Danila So Delgado Pinto of Spain was Gloria\u2019s top scorer with 7 goals, followed by Tamires de Araujo of Brazil and Sonia Serafinceanu, each with 6 goals. Also in Group A, on Sunday, CSM Bucharest lost 24-27 the match played away from home against group leader Metz of France. CSM ranks 5th in the group tables, followed by Gloria in 6<sup>th<\/sup> place. Next round, on Saturday, CSM will play Krim Ljubljana of Slovenia at home, while Gloria will travel to Croatia to play Podravka Koprivnica.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Group B, Rapid Bucharest lost away from home 33-21 to Brest Bretagne of France. The Romanian vice-champions are ranked 8<sup>th<\/sup> in the group standings. This week Rapid will play Odense of Denmark. The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarterfinals. Teams in positions 3-6 will play playoff matches to reach the quarterfinals, while teams in 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> place will leave the competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the EHF European League, in the opening group phase round, Dun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila trounced Elche of Spain 33-15 at home, in Group A. Another Romanian club, SCM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea, drew 31-31 against Borussia Dortmund away from home, in Group B. This Saturday, Dun\u0103rea is playing Larvik of Norway away from home, while SCM is taking on Ikast of Denmark at home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After seven rounds in the Dakar Rally, Emanuel Gyenes ranks 23 in the general standings, four hours behind leader Daniel Sanders of Australia. Competing on a KTM motorcycle, Gyenes ranks 10th in the Rally 2 standings and is the leader of the Original by Motul standings, followed by Benjamin Melot of France, some 10 minutes behind. (VP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian on Monday advanced to the second round of the Australian Open after ousting Petra Martic of Croatia 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 in the opening round, after winning 10-7 the supertiebreak. Also on Monday, Sorana C\u00eerstea lost to Ukraine\u2019s Elena Svitolina, the competition\u2019s 28th seed, 6-4, 6-4. 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