During
the WTA Transylvania Open underway in Cluj-Napoca, western Romania with 259,303
dollars in prize money, Romanian Sorana Cîrstea, the odds-on favourite has been
outperformed by Eva Lys of Germany, 6-3, 6-3. Another Romanian, Patricia Ţig also
lost to Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the eighth finals while
a third Romanian, Miriam Bulgaru, has been defeated by Spanish Rebeka Masarova
3-6, 7-6.
Playing
on their own turf, Romania’s basketball side CSM CSU Oradea has been defeated
by Slovakian side Patrioti Levice 93-91 right at their debut in Group J of the
men’s competition, FIBA Europe Cup.
In
the third leg of another basketball competition, Euro Cup, in Group B, Romanian
side U-BT Cluj-Napoca has been defeated in an away match by French side Mincidelice
JL Bourg-en-Bresse, 92-88.
Romanian
pugilist Paul Andrei Arădoaie has won the bronze medal in the EUBC Cup held in Budva,
Montenegro. The Romanian was beaten on points by Slovakian, Andrej Csemez, in
the 80 kilogram category. Romania participated with four boxers in the
Montenegrin tournament, Adrian Preda in the 57 kilogram category, Iulian
Bârsănescu in the 60 kilogram and Andrei Musteţ in the 67 kilogram category;
all of them were eliminated in the quarter finals.
. The Romanian under-17 female football
selection ended in a goaless draw their match against Ukraine in Duisburg,
Germany; the match counted towards the Group A4 in the preliminaries of the
European Championship. Romania was earlier thrashed by Austria, 8-0 and is
presently ranking last with only one point.
In
men’s competitions, Romania’s Under 20 side lost to Norway 5-0 in a match
counting towards Elite League U 20. Romania had earlier won the match against
England 2-0. Our side presently boasts 6 points and the fourth position in a
group with 8 sides.
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