Sports Roundup

A roundup of the weekend's main sporting events

Florin Orban, 19.09.2022, 13:45

Romanian tennis player Irina Begu on Sunday won the
WTA 125 tournament in Bucharest, a competition with 115 thousand dollars in
prize money. The Romanian obtained a two-set win 6-3, 6-3 against the Hungarian
challenger Reka-Luca Jani. The second-seeded Romanian, who is 41st
in the WTA ranking, obtained the victory in two hours. The Hungarian challenger
put up a balanced show in both sets but the Romanian eventually won her second
WTA tournament after the one in Palermo in July.

Romania played Slovakia in an away Davis Cup
competition this weekend. The hosts eventually obtained a 3-1 win in the World
Group. The only Romanian win belonged to 19 year old player Nicholas David
Ionel, 283rd in the ATP ranking. On Friday he secured a 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
win against Norbert Gombos. The other games were won by Slovakia, which has
thus qualified for the competition’s next stage.

In the Champions League, Romanian women’s handball side
CSM Bucharest secured a 33-26 away win against Brest-Bretagne of France. The
most effective Romanian player was Elizabeth Omoregie with 6 goals scored.
After two legs, German side Bietigheim ranks first in the group, followed by Vipers
Kristiansand of Norway and CSM Bucharest each with four points. Our handballers
will next be playing the German side in Bucharest on Sunday.

In group B, in Bucharest, Romania’s champions Rapid
ended in a 32-all draw their match against French champions Metz. Elisa
Buceschi and Lorena Ostase proved to be the best Romanian scorers, each with five
goals. Hungarian side Gyor tops the table with four points, followed by Metz
and Rapid each with three. Rapid will be playing Kastamonu in Turkey on Sunday.

Last weekend saw the matches of the 11th
leg of Romania’s Football Superleague. On Friday, FC Voluntari secured a 1-0
home win against FCU Craiova, while in Ploiesti, southern Romania, Farul
Constanta obtained a 3-1 win against local side Petrolul. On Saturday,
Hermanstadt defeated UTA, in Arad, western Romania, while in Sfantu Gheorghe,
local side Sepsi trounced FC Botosani 7-0. Rapid, on their own turf, clinched a
2-1 win against FC Mioveni. On Sunday in Medias, Universitatea Cluj outperformed
Chindia Târgoviște 1-0, while in Craiova, southern Romania, local side Universitatea
defeated FCSB 2-1. Farul and Rapid are topping the table each with 24 points,
followed by Hermannstadt with 22.

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