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Simona Halep, world no. 2 and seeded first at Roland Garros, on Wednesday ousted another Romanian, Irina Begu, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round at the Paris Open. In the third round, Halep will go up against Amanda Anisimova, a 19-year-old US player, currently 29th in the standings. Anisimova on Wednesday defeated another American player, Bernarda Pera, 6-2, 6-0 in in only 57 minutes. Halep played Anisimova last year in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, when the American won surprisingly 6-2, 6-4.


Romanian swimmer Bianca Andreea Costea grabbed the best results on the first day of the National Swimming Championships hosted by Bucharest. She won both the 50-m freestyle event and the 100-m freestyle event. Robert Andrei Glinţă, an athlete who has already secured qualification in the Tokyo Olympics, won the 50-m butterfly event. In the same event Daniel Cristian Martin, who is also qualified to the Tokyo Olympics, came in third.


The coach of Romania's football team, Mirel Rădoi, has called up 23 players for the matches against Iceland, Norway and Austria, due in October. The biggest surprise is the Portuguese-born player Mario Camora, who has recently obtained the Romanian citizenship. Also Răzvan Marin, Alexandru Mitriţă and Claudiu Keşeru will return to Romania's team. On October 8 Romania will play Iceland in Reykjavik in the EURO 2020 playoff semi-finals. In case of a win, Romania will next play either Bulgaria or Hungary on November 12 away from home. In Nations' League Group B, Romania will play Norway on October 11 in Oslo and Austria on October 14 in Ploieşti.

Two players from Universitatea Craiova have tested positive for COVID-19, the club announced on Wednesday, choosing not to reveal the players' identity. Media sources claim the players in question are Paul Papp and Alexandru Tudorie. These are not the first cases of infection reported at Universitatea. At the end of last season, several members of the staff tested positive for COVID-19, including coach Cristiano Bergodi.

(Translated by V. Palcu)



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