Sports Roundup

sports roundup The latest news from tennis, handball and football.

In tennis news, the Romanian-Georgian pair Irina Bara an Ekaterine Gorgodze won the doubles title at the Transylvania Open hosted by Cluj Napoca and worth over 235,000 dollars in prize money. They defeated Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic and The Netherlands' Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove in three sets, 4-6, 6-1, 11-9. Bara and Gorgodze earned 10,300 dollars in prize money and 280 WTA points in the doubles ranking.


Estonia's Anett Kontaveit won the tournament's singles final, defeating the first seed and home crowd's favourite Simona Halep in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Winning the Transylvania trophy secured 25-year-old Kontaveit, who is ranked 14th in the world, the qualification for the WTA Finals. 30-year-old Halep, who is in 18th place in the WTA ranking, played in Cluj her first final this year, but this was the 40th in her career, of which she won 22 and lost 18. She earned 180 points for playing the final, with Kontaveit getting 280 points for winning the title.


In news from women's handball, CSM Bucharest narrowly lost to the French side Brest Bretagne Handball 29-30 on Saturday at home in Champions League Group A. Three minutes before the end of play, CSM were leading 29-27, but failed to score from two attacks, while Brest scored twice and then again in the final seconds, to win the match. CSM previously won three matches in a row, but are now 6th in the group, with 6 points. They will next face FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria on 13th November.


The 14th leg of the First Romanian Football League took place at the weekend. On Friday, FC Botoșani lost to Farul Constanţa, nil-2. On Saturday, Universitatea Craiova defeated CS Mioveni 5-2, with Andrei Ivan scoring four times for Craiova; and CFR Cluj defeated FC Voluntari 1-nil, with Billel Omrani scoring the winning goal. On Sunday, Gaz Metan Mediaş drew 1-all with Academica Clinceni; Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe defeated Dinamo Bucureşti 4-1; while FCSB won against FC Argeş 2-1. On Monday, in the final leg matches, UTA Arad lost to Chindia Târgovişte nil-2; and Rapid Bucharest drew nil-all against FC U Craiova. CFR Cluj currently top the ranking with 36 points, followed by Universitatea Craiova, with 28 points, and FCSB, with 27. (CM)



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