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Florin Orban, 09.06.2022, 13:45
We start with tennis. The Romanian – American pair Monica Niculescu/Caroline Dolehide qualified on Wednesday to the quarterfinals of the doubles event of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Nottingham, which total prizes worth 239,477 dollars. Seeded 4th, Niculescu and Dolehide performed well in the Round of 16 defeating 6-1, 6-1 the pair made up of Ukrainian Nadia Kicenok and Australian Arina Rodionova.
We go to Valencia, which hosts a WTA 125 tournament which has prizes up for grabs worth 115,000 dollars. In this competition, the Romanian-Georgian pair Irina Begu / Ekaterine Gorgodze qualified on Wednesday to the semifinals of the doubles event after being beaten 6-0, 6-4 by the pair Diane Parry (France)/, Qinwen Zheng (China). Bara and Gorgodze are the top seeds of the competition.
On Wednesday, in Alexandria, Romania’s national womens volleyball team defeated Hungary 3-0. This score makes the Romanian volleyball players winners of Group C of the Golden League competition and ensures their qualification to the semi-finals. In the group, Romania recorded three victories and is followed by Ukraine, with two wins, and Hungary, with only one victory. This year, the Golden League no longer organizes a Final Four tournament, so, in the semifinals, Romania will be up against another winner in thegroup. The semi-final matches will take place on June 16.
In Skopje, Romania’s national mens volleyball team was defeated, on Wednesday, by Northern Macedonia, with the score 3-1, in a group B match of the Silver League competition. The Romanian volleyball players lost their first match after four consecutive victories, which still places them on top position in the group standings. Next comes Albania, with 3 wins, Northern Macedonia, with two wins and Bosnia-Herzegovina, with only one victory. The last matches will take place at the end of this week. On 11 June, the Bosnia-Herzegovina team will meet Northern Macedonia, then, on 12 June, Romania will face Albania. The Romanian team is already qualified to the Final Four tournament of the competition, which will take place in Hungary on June 18 and 19.
Now news from football. Romanias football champions CFR Cluj announced on Wednesday the transfer of Croatian midfielder Karlo Muhar, currently playing for the Polish side Lech Poznan. He also played in Turkey, for Kayserispor, and in Bulgaria, for CSKA Sofia. CFR Cluj have also brought to the team, so far, the German Christopher Braun, from FC Botoşani, and Karlo Brucic, a Croatian player from the Slovenian team FC Koper. (LS)
