A look at the latest Romanian sporting performances
Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea has qualified for the third round of US Open after a 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 win against Johanna Konta of Britain. The 77th WTA Romanian player needed 2 hours and 49 minutes to outperform an opponent with a better position in international ranking. We recall that Konta comes 13th in the world standings and was seeded 9th in US Open.
Cîrstea managed to save two break points as her opponent pushed for the advantage at both 4-4 and 5-5 and the Romanian seized her chance in the tie-break, clinching her set point with an ace. In the third set Cirstea managed a break at 3-3, which proved decisive in a game that was also her first win against the British challenger.
The two first met three years ago in the second round of the Eastbourne tournament when Konta obtained a two-set win 6-2, 6-2. Cirstea has now equaled her best performance in US Open namely a qualification for the third round, which she also managed in 2009 and 2019. The win brought her 163 thousand dollars and 130 WTA points.
The Romanian will be up against 30th-seeded Karolina Muchova in the next round; the 26th WTA Czech player comes after a 6-3, 7-6 win against Ana Kalinskaya of Russia and after a first-round 6-3, 7-5 victory against Venus Williams.
Another Romanian player in the US Open, Patricia Tig has been outperformed by Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 6-1. Having qualified for the second round has brought the Romanian a check of 100 thousand dollars and 70 WTA points.
And now the latest from handball. Romanian women's handball side CSM Bucharest has qualified for the Romanian Cup semifinals after a 34-17 win against CSM Slatina.
This has been the first official handball game played in Romania after a 6-month recess imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. SCM Ramnicu Valcea versus HC Dunarea Braila was also supposed to take place on Thursday, but HC withdrew from competition after nine of its players tested positive for the novel coronavirus. SCM will be up against Rapid Bucharest in the semis on Saturday while CSM takes on Gloria Buzau. The finals is due on Sunday.
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