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Athlete of the week

Last week’s attention-grabbing event was the Europa Top-16
table tennis tournament hosted by the city of Montreux in Switzerland. Each year
the event brings together Europe’s top-flight table tennis players. In 2022,
representing Romania in the women’s version of the tournament were Bernadette
Szőcs and Elizabeta Samara. Szőcs had the best run, coming in 3rd according
to the final rankings. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to
designate Bernadette Szőcs the Athlete of the week.

In Montreux, in the round of 16, Bernadette Szőcs outclassed Portugal’s Jieni
Shao, 4-2. In the quarterfinals, Bernie
won the match against Dutch opponent Britt Eerland, also 4-2. However, in the semi-finals,
Bernadette Szőcs lost the game against German challenger Ying Han, nil-4. In
the quarterfinals, Han also defeated Elizabeta Samara, 4-3. Germany’s Ying Han
eventually won the tournament, grabbing a 4-nil win against Russian challenger Polina
Mikhaylova, 4-nil.

Bernadette Szőcs was born on March 5th, 1995 la Târgu Mureş (central Transylvania).
She took up sports at the age of 8. Her results in cadets and juniors’ competitions
were quick to appear. Bernadette won several medals in European and world competitions
and saw herself in the upper part of the echelon according to world rankings rather
quickly. In 2010, when the official financial support in Romania was scarce, Bernadette
Szőcs intended to relocate to Norway and compete for that Scandinavian country
but eventually she did not succeed to carry her project through. In 2016, at
the European championship in Budapest, Bernie came in 3rd in the
mixed doubles event, jointly with Ovidiu Ionescu. In 2017, at the European
championship in Luxembourg, Bernadette Szőcs won her
first European title, with Romania’s national team. In 2019, in Nantes, Bernadette
also won the European title in the nations’ competition. Meanwhile, in Montreux,
in 2018, Bernie won the Europa Top-16 tournament. Bernadette Szőcs is 23rd-placed
according to the as-it-stands world classification. The other Romanian, Elizabeta
Samara, is 31st- placed according to the same rankings.

(EN)

1 March 2022
Athlete of the week

Attention-grabbing in terms of tennis
competitions in the past two weeks has been the year’s first Grand Slam tournament,
the Australian Open. However, among
the other smaller events as part of the ITF circuit, there was the tournament held
in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France. It was a tournament with a total sum of 60,000 USD
in prize money. Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan was the winner. Reason enough
for Radio Romania International to designate Ana Bogdan the Athlete of the week.

Top-seeded in the Andrézieux-Bouthéon
tournament were French tennis players Clara Burel and Océane Dodin. Swiss tennis player Ylena In‑Albon eliminated Burel from the very
first round. As for Dodin, she sustained a quarterfinal defeat by 6th-seeded
Anna Blinkova of Russia. Blinkova reached as far as the final, where she went against
third-seeded player, Ana Bogdan. The Romanian’s trail ahead of the semifinal was
fairly accessible, since Bogdan went against significantly lower-ranked
opponents according to the world standings. However, it took Ana Bogdan three
sets to secure her semifinal win against WTA 199th-ranked opponent, Jessica
Ponchet of France. The Romanian had no problem defeating Blinkova in the final,
7-5, 6-3, after one hour and 46 minutes of play. The win in France has been Ana
Bogdan’s second most important feat of her career so far. We recall that in
2019 Bogdan won the ITF Dubai tournament, an event with 100,000 USD in prize
money.

Ana
Bogdan was born in Sinaia, on November 25, 1992. She took up tennis when she
was 4. Ana played in her first ITF circuit tournaments in 2007. However, it was
not until 2014 that Ana Bogdan advanced to a WTA tournament. In Bad Gastein, Ana
Bogdan reached as far as the second round. Over 2016 and 2018 she reached as far
as the semi-finals of several WTA tournaments, a couple of times. Ana Bogdan
was best-placed according to the WTA rankings in June 2018, when she was 59th-ranked.
The as-it-stands WTA table saw Ana Bogdan being 101st-placed.
The Romanian climbed up 15 notches, after her win in Andrézieux-Bouthéon.

(EN)

1 February 2022
Athlete of the week

Attention-grabbing in terms of tennis
competitions in the past two weeks has been the year’s first Grand Slam tournament,
the Australian Open. However, among
the other smaller events as part of the ITF circuit, there was the tournament held
in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France. It was a tournament with a total sum of 60,000 USD
in prize money. Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan was the winner. Reason enough
for Radio Romania International to designate Ana Bogdan the Athlete of the week.

Top-seeded in the Andrézieux-Bouthéon
tournament were French tennis players Clara Burel and Océane Dodin. Swiss tennis player Ylena In‑Albon eliminated Burel from the very
first round. As for Dodin, she sustained a quarterfinal defeat by 6th-seeded
Anna Blinkova of Russia. Blinkova reached as far as the final, where she went against
third-seeded player, Ana Bogdan. The Romanian’s trail ahead of the semifinal was
fairly accessible, since Bogdan went against significantly lower-ranked
opponents according to the world standings. However, it took Ana Bogdan three
sets to secure her semifinal win against WTA 199th-ranked opponent, Jessica
Ponchet of France. The Romanian had no problem defeating Blinkova in the final,
7-5, 6-3, after one hour and 46 minutes of play. The win in France has been Ana
Bogdan’s second most important feat of her career so far. We recall that in
2019 Bogdan won the ITF Dubai tournament, an event with 100,000 USD in prize
money.

Ana
Bogdan was born in Sinaia, on November 25, 1992. She took up tennis when she
was 4. Ana played in her first ITF circuit tournaments in 2007. However, it was
not until 2014 that Ana Bogdan advanced to a WTA tournament. In Bad Gastein, Ana
Bogdan reached as far as the second round. Over 2016 and 2018 she reached as far
as the semi-finals of several WTA tournaments, a couple of times. Ana Bogdan
was best-placed according to the WTA rankings in June 2018, when she was 59th-ranked.
The as-it-stands WTA table saw Ana Bogdan being 101st-placed.
The Romanian climbed up 15 notches, after her win in Andrézieux-Bouthéon.

(EN)

1 February 2022
Radio Romania International Sports Club

The year 2022 provided an auspicious start for Romanian
handball. The Romanian women’s handball teams involved in the European League
took the start line in the competition’s group stage with a noted series of
wins against well-established European teams. The Romanian men’s national squad
came at the top of the table in their group as part of the early stage of the
2023 World Championship preliminaries.

In European League’s Group B, Minaur Baia Mare succeeded
a 34-32 home win against Polish opponents Zagrebie Lublin. In Group C, Magura
Cisnadie won the home fixture they played against Norwegian challengers
Storhamar, 33 to 28. Minaur and Magura Cisnadie are at the top of the
as-it-stands stable in their groups. Because of pandemic-related reasons, the Group
D match pitting SCM Ramnicu Valcea against Danish side Viborg was postponed. We
recall the confrontation was scheduled this past weekend. Later this week matches
will be played, counting towards the second round of the competition’s group stage. Minaur
Baia Mare travel to Germany for a game against Bietigheim, while in Denmark, Magura
Cisnadie play their away fixture against Herning-Ikast. The match pitting SCM
Râmnicu Vâlcea against the Hungarian side Vác will be played this coming
Sunday.

Fixture counting towards the Champions League will
also be resumed this coming weekend. CSM Bucharest play their away match
against Montenegro’s Buducnost Podgorica. Cristina Neagu’s team is 5th
placed in Group A, with four wins and four defeats on their record sheet. Buducnost
Podgorica are 7th-placed in the same group.

Romanian men’s national team late last week emerged as
winners of the 3rd group as part of the 2023 World Championship preliminaries’
initial stage. The matches were played in Cluj. Israel,
Cyprus, Republic of Moldova were also 3rd group teams. Because of COVID-related
reasons, Cyprus did not travel to Romania, so they officially lost all their
fixtures, according to a decision mad at the green table. Romania won the game against
Israel, 33-30, as well as the match against Republic of Moldova, 33 to 23. In
the decisive match for the runner-up position in the group, Israel outperformed
Republic of Moldova, 42 to 31. The group’s first two teams in descending order
advance to the World Championship preliminaries’ second stage.

(EN)

12 January 2022
Radio Romania International Sports Club

The year 2022 provided an auspicious start for Romanian
handball. The Romanian women’s handball teams involved in the European League
took the start line in the competition’s group stage with a noted series of
wins against well-established European teams. The Romanian men’s national squad
came at the top of the table in their group as part of the early stage of the
2023 World Championship preliminaries.

In European League’s Group B, Minaur Baia Mare succeeded
a 34-32 home win against Polish opponents Zagrebie Lublin. In Group C, Magura
Cisnadie won the home fixture they played against Norwegian challengers
Storhamar, 33 to 28. Minaur and Magura Cisnadie are at the top of the
as-it-stands stable in their groups. Because of pandemic-related reasons, the Group
D match pitting SCM Ramnicu Valcea against Danish side Viborg was postponed. We
recall the confrontation was scheduled this past weekend. Later this week matches
will be played, counting towards the second round of the competition’s group stage. Minaur
Baia Mare travel to Germany for a game against Bietigheim, while in Denmark, Magura
Cisnadie play their away fixture against Herning-Ikast. The match pitting SCM
Râmnicu Vâlcea against the Hungarian side Vác will be played this coming
Sunday.

Fixture counting towards the Champions League will
also be resumed this coming weekend. CSM Bucharest play their away match
against Montenegro’s Buducnost Podgorica. Cristina Neagu’s team is 5th
placed in Group A, with four wins and four defeats on their record sheet. Buducnost
Podgorica are 7th-placed in the same group.

Romanian men’s national team late last week emerged as
winners of the 3rd group as part of the 2023 World Championship preliminaries’
initial stage. The matches were played in Cluj. Israel,
Cyprus, Republic of Moldova were also 3rd group teams. Because of COVID-related
reasons, Cyprus did not travel to Romania, so they officially lost all their
fixtures, according to a decision mad at the green table. Romania won the game against
Israel, 33-30, as well as the match against Republic of Moldova, 33 to 23. In
the decisive match for the runner-up position in the group, Israel outperformed
Republic of Moldova, 42 to 31. The group’s first two teams in descending order
advance to the World Championship preliminaries’ second stage.

(EN)

12 January 2022
Athlete of the week

Simona Halep has had an auspicious start in 2022. Simona
has reigned supreme in the very first tournament of the year she competed in, the Melbourne
Summer Set 1, an event with 239, 477 USD in prize money. Also, it was the first
success for Romanian sports in the New Year. Reason enough for Radio Romania International
to designate Simona Halep the Athlete of the Week.

In Melbourne, Simona entered the main draw from her
WTA 20th-position. She was 2nd-seeded, while Japan’s Naomi Osaka was
top seeded. In the first round, Halep defeated Australia’s Destanee Aiava, who
came straight from the qualifiers, 6-4, 6-2. Then Halep defeated a Romanian, Elena-Gabriela
Ruse, 6-2, 6-1. In the quarterfinals, Halep had a hard time defeating the 6th-seeded
player in Melbourne, the Swiss Victorija Golubovic, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. In the
semi-final, Halep had an easy job defeating former WTA number 1, China’s Qinwen
Zheng, 6-3, 6-2. Then the final she played against the 3rd-seeded
tennis player in Melbourne, Russian challenger Veronika Kudermetova followed;
Simona Halep won, 6-2, 6-3. The win in Melbourne earned Halep the 15th
position according to the WTA rankings.

Simona Halep is one of the best players in Romanian
tennis. Born on September 27, 1991, in Constanta, Halep made her debut as a pro
in 2006, when she proved her mettle in her first ITF circuit tournaments. In
2010, Halep was included among the world’s top 100 tennis players. In August
2014, Simona Halep was WTA second-placed, at that time the best
position ever for a Romanian woman tennis player. From October 2017 and all through
to January 2018, Halep was at the top of the WTA rankings. In February 2018,
Simona Halep resumed her position at the top of the table. She stayed there until
early 2019, after the Australian Open. Halep was at the top of
the WTA rankings for 64 weeks. The Romanian’s outstanding record includes the
winning of two Grand Slam tournaments, in Roland Garros, in 2018, and in
Wimbledon, in 2019.

(EN)

11 January 2022
Athlete of the week

Simona Halep has had an auspicious start in 2022. Simona
has reigned supreme in the very first tournament of the year she competed in, the Melbourne
Summer Set 1, an event with 239, 477 USD in prize money. Also, it was the first
success for Romanian sports in the New Year. Reason enough for Radio Romania International
to designate Simona Halep the Athlete of the Week.

In Melbourne, Simona entered the main draw from her
WTA 20th-position. She was 2nd-seeded, while Japan’s Naomi Osaka was
top seeded. In the first round, Halep defeated Australia’s Destanee Aiava, who
came straight from the qualifiers, 6-4, 6-2. Then Halep defeated a Romanian, Elena-Gabriela
Ruse, 6-2, 6-1. In the quarterfinals, Halep had a hard time defeating the 6th-seeded
player in Melbourne, the Swiss Victorija Golubovic, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. In the
semi-final, Halep had an easy job defeating former WTA number 1, China’s Qinwen
Zheng, 6-3, 6-2. Then the final she played against the 3rd-seeded
tennis player in Melbourne, Russian challenger Veronika Kudermetova followed;
Simona Halep won, 6-2, 6-3. The win in Melbourne earned Halep the 15th
position according to the WTA rankings.

Simona Halep is one of the best players in Romanian
tennis. Born on September 27, 1991, in Constanta, Halep made her debut as a pro
in 2006, when she proved her mettle in her first ITF circuit tournaments. In
2010, Halep was included among the world’s top 100 tennis players. In August
2014, Simona Halep was WTA second-placed, at that time the best
position ever for a Romanian woman tennis player. From October 2017 and all through
to January 2018, Halep was at the top of the WTA rankings. In February 2018,
Simona Halep resumed her position at the top of the table. She stayed there until
early 2019, after the Australian Open. Halep was at the top of
the WTA rankings for 64 weeks. The Romanian’s outstanding record includes the
winning of two Grand Slam tournaments, in Roland Garros, in 2018, and in
Wimbledon, in 2019.

(EN)

11 January 2022
A great Romanian tennis champion has just retired from competition

Romania’s best men’s doubles tennis player of all
time, 36-year old Horia Tecau, has announced he retires from competition. Tecau’s
career includes 38 wins in ATP tournaments, participation in three Grand Slam
finals and a silver medal he won in the Olympics.

The Romanian tennis player Horia Tecau has announced
his retirement from competition. Tecau made the announcement on Thursday, after
the last match he played as part of the Champions Tournament in Turin. Here is what
Horia Tecau posted on his Facebook page, QUOTE The flow of emotions is
literally overwhelming, right now. I am grateful. For my trail, for what I have
experienced, for the people I met. Sports was my playground, my school, it taught
me to dream, to be confident and to perfect myself, in time. The energy of the
tennis court as well as that of the tennis lovers offered a big reward and I shall
keep that feeling in my heart forever. Time has come for me to enjoy life differently
and turn the whole amount of that energy into a new form UNQUOTE.

Horia Tecău and the German Kevin Krawietz ended
their trail in this year’s edition of the ATP tournament in Turin with a 6-3,
6-7,10-6 win against Spanish-Argentinean pair made of Marcel Granollers and Horacio
Zeballos. Tecau and Krawietz had been defeated in the first two matches they
played in Turin, so the recent win was not enough for them to make headway into
the competition. In the tournament’s previous editions, pairing up with Robert
Lindstedt of Sweden, Horia Tecau competed twice, while jointly with Dutch
tennis player Jean-Julien Rojer, the Romanian fought in the tournament four
times. We recall Tecau and Rojer emerged as winners in 2015.

Horia Tecău was born in Brasov on January 19, 1985. He
has been playing tennis since he was 7. In 2002, Tecau and another Romanian, Florin
Mergea, were men’s doubles juniors’ champions in Wimbledon. Horia Tecau turned
pro in 2003. Since July 2008, Horia Tecau has earned his place among the world’s
top 100 tennis players according to the men’s doubles rankings. Since November
2009, Tecau earned his position among the world’s top 50 tennis players. His
progress according to the world’s doubles rankings has since been steady, and
in November 2015, Horia Tecau was 2nd-placed in the world. His
career includes 38 men’s double wins in ATP tournaments. Also, Horia Tecau
reached as far as the finals 24 times. In the men’s doubles, Horia Tecau twice
won two Grand Slam tournaments, in Wimbledon, in 2015 and in the 2017 edition
of the US Open. Tecau was pairing up with Dutch tennis player Jean-Julien Rojer
in both events. The Romanian’s record also includes a mixed doubles title. We
recall that in the Australian Open in 2012, Horia Tecau emerged as winner, pairing up with
US tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The Romanian also reached as far as the
Grand Slam tournaments finals five times, but he was defeated. Horia Tecau
played three Wimbledon finals in 2010, 2011 and 2012, jointly with Robert
Lindstedt. In the Australian Open in 2014, Horia Tecau was pairing up with
Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles’ version of the
competition. Also in the Australian Open, in 2016, Tecau played the final jointly
with US tennis player CoCo Vandeweghe. In the Olympic Games in Rio, in 2016,
Horia Tecau walked away with silver, a medal he won alongside Florin Mergea. The
Romanian has been Romania’s Davis Cup team member since 2003. Back then Tecau
and Mergea managed to put Romania in the World Group, after a dramatic confrontation
against Ecuadorian challengers, brothers Giovanni and Nicolas Lapentti. Also in
a Davis Cup fixture, Tecau will play for the last time in his career against
Peru, in Cluj Napoca on November 27 and 28.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

19 November 2021
The Athlete of the week

One of last week’s
headline-hitting events in women’s professional tennis was the WTA tennis tournament
in Linz, Austria, an event with 190,000 Euros up for grabs. US Open winner Emma Raducanu
was one of the seeded players in Linz, alongside former WTA leader Simona Halep.
Of the Romanian tennis players who competed in Linz, best-placed was Jaqueline Cristian,
who played her first women’s singles final in a WTA tournament, in Austria. Reason
enough for Radio Romania International to designate Jaqueline Cristian the Athlete
of the week.

In Linz,
Jaqueline Cristian played the qualifiers and in the last round she was
outclassed by Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko in three sets, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Cristian
was nonetheless included in the tournament’s main draw as a lucky loser. In the
first round, Jaqueline Cristian defeated Russia’s Kamila Rahimova, 2-6, 6-2,
7-5. The Romanian went past the tournament’s round of 16 as Sweden opponent Rebeca
Peterson pulled out of the match when in the very first set, Cristian had a 5-2 lead.
In the quarterfinals, Jaqueline Cristian defeated Russian opponent Veronika
Kudermetova, 6-3, 7-6. In the semi-finals, Cristian’s scheduled match against Simona
Halep was no longer played since the former WTA player pulled out of
competition because of an injury. In the final, Jaqueline Cristian was
dramatically defeated by Alison Riske of the USA, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, after two
hours and 24 minutes of play.

Jaqueline
Cristian was born on June 5, 1998, in Bucharest. She won 10 ITF women’s singles titles and a similar number of titles, 10, in the doubles version of the
tournaments she played in. In 2015, at BRD Bucharest Open, Jaqueline Cristian
made her debut in a WTF tournament, in the women’s doubles, pairing up with Elena
– Gabriela Ruse. It was also in Bucharest and also pairing up with Elena -
Gabriela Ruse that Jaqueline Cristian played her first women’s doubles final in
2019. Back then Cristian and Ruse were defeated by the Slovak-Czech pair made
of Viktória Kužmová and Kristýna Plíšková.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

16 November 2021
The Athlete of the week

One of last week’s
headline-hitting events in women’s professional tennis was the WTA tennis tournament
in Linz, Austria, an event with 190,000 Euros up for grabs. US Open winner Emma Raducanu
was one of the seeded players in Linz, alongside former WTA leader Simona Halep.
Of the Romanian tennis players who competed in Linz, best-placed was Jaqueline Cristian,
who played her first women’s singles final in a WTA tournament, in Austria. Reason
enough for Radio Romania International to designate Jaqueline Cristian the Athlete
of the week.

In Linz,
Jaqueline Cristian played the qualifiers and in the last round she was
outclassed by Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko in three sets, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Cristian
was nonetheless included in the tournament’s main draw as a lucky loser. In the
first round, Jaqueline Cristian defeated Russia’s Kamila Rahimova, 2-6, 6-2,
7-5. The Romanian went past the tournament’s round of 16 as Sweden opponent Rebeca
Peterson pulled out of the match when in the very first set, Cristian had a 5-2 lead.
In the quarterfinals, Jaqueline Cristian defeated Russian opponent Veronika
Kudermetova, 6-3, 7-6. In the semi-finals, Cristian’s scheduled match against Simona
Halep was no longer played since the former WTA player pulled out of
competition because of an injury. In the final, Jaqueline Cristian was
dramatically defeated by Alison Riske of the USA, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, after two
hours and 24 minutes of play.

Jaqueline
Cristian was born on June 5, 1998, in Bucharest. She won 10 ITF women’s singles titles and a similar number of titles, 10, in the doubles version of the
tournaments she played in. In 2015, at BRD Bucharest Open, Jaqueline Cristian
made her debut in a WTF tournament, in the women’s doubles, pairing up with Elena
– Gabriela Ruse. It was also in Bucharest and also pairing up with Elena -
Gabriela Ruse that Jaqueline Cristian played her first women’s doubles final in
2019. Back then Cristian and Ruse were defeated by the Slovak-Czech pair made
of Viktória Kužmová and Kristýna Plíšková.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

16 November 2021
Accord final du Festival George Enescu 2021

C’était
l’Orchestre royal d’Amsterdam qui a clôturé, dimanche, le
Festival international George Enescu. Cette XXVe édition festive a fait
venir à Bucarest, du 28 août au 26 septembre, en dépit de la pandémie de Covid,
32 orchestres des plus appréciés dans le monde, originaires de 14 pays, plus de
3.500 musiciens ayant évolué sur les grands scènes de concert de Roumanie.

Selon Mihai Constantinescu,
directeur exécutif du festival, organiser ledit événement a été une véritable
folie, mais qui a eu pour résultat une forte notoriété, cette année. « Des
personnalités musicales nous ont remercié d’avoir enfin réussi à les faire
sortir de leurs pays respectifs et à les faire participer à des événements
culturels. Je me souviens de la conversation de Sir Simon Rattle avec Vladimir
Jurowski, au cours de laquelle ils disaient qu’ils pouvaient enfin voyager et
se produire devant le public, et ils nous ont régalés de performances
exceptionnelles. Ce sont des artistes et des ensembles de l’étranger, certes,
mais ce sont aussi des ensembles roumains qui ont confirmé toutes les attentes
les concernant, ce qui prouve que si nous voulons entrer en compétitions avec
les étrangers, nous en avons tout ce qu’il faut. Je pense aux ensembles de la
Philharmonie de Bucarest, à celui de Radio Roumanie, aux orchestres d’autres villes
du pays, qui ont participé aux soirées spéciales du festival. », a dit Mihai Constantinescu.Il
a aussi rappelé que le programme du festival avait déjà été mis en page en
2019, mais la pandémie de Covid a obligé les organisateurs à revoir leur copie
et à la revoir à la baisse, de façon à ce qu’elle soit faisable.

Avec une affiche étalée sur la durée record de
quatre semaines, ainsi qu’avec des mesures mis en place pour maîtriser les
risques de santé encourus par les artistes, les spectateurs, les organisateurs
et les journalistes, l’édition 2021 du Festival international George Enescu a
inclus le plus grand nombre, 37, et le programme le plus complexe de présentation
des créations du maître, de l’histoire du festival. Si, traditionnellement, les
ensembles étrangers préféraient interpréter les deux Rhapsodies roumaines,
cette année, le public a eu l’occasion de connaître et d’explorer en profondeur
l’œuvre de George Enescu, depuis les compositions de jeunesse aux chefs-d’œuvre symphoniques et de chambre ou bien aux fragments de manuscrits redécouverts et
finalisés après sa mort. Parmi les repères de sa création, rappelons la Symphonie n°2 (1914) et la Sonate n°3 « dans
le caractère populaire roumain ».

A la différence des
éditions précédentes, celle de 2021 a été structurée, à cause de la pandémie,
en quatre séries: Grands orchestres du monde, Concerts et récitals, La
musique du XXIe siècle et Enescu et ses contemporains. Parmi les ensembles qui
ont délecté le public mentionnons L’Orchestre d’Etat de Vienne, la Philharmonie de la mer Baltique, l’Orchestre
symphonique de la Radiodiffusion de Berlin, l’Orchestre symphonique de Londres,
l’Orchestre national de France. Le Festival a célébré cette année le 140-e
anniversaire de la naissance de George Enescu.

27 September 2021
Athlete of the week

Romania’s men’s lawn tennis team are that close to
earning their participation in the Davis Cup’s final tournament. This past
weekend in Cluj Napoca, the Romanians defeated Portugal, 3-1, in a match
counting towards the first tour in World Group I. On Saturday, in the first
men’s singles confrontation, Portugal’s Joao Sousa defeated Filip Cristian Jianu,
6-3, 7-5. In the second confrontation on Saturday, Marius Copil grabbed a 6-4,
6-3 win against Gastao Elias. On Sunday, in the men’s doubles confrontation,
Marius Copil and Horia Tecău defeated Nuno Borges and Joao Sousa, 6-4, 6-3. In
the second men’s singles match, Marius Copil defeated Sousa, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
Copil’s feat sealed Romania’s win against Portugal. Marius had a substantial contribution
to all three points on Romania’s record sheet. Reason enough for Radio Romania
International to designate Copil the Athlete of the week.

Marius Copil was born in the western Romanian town of
Arad on October17, 1990, into a family of athletes. His father was a rugby
player, while his mother played handball. Marius took up tennis at the age of
7. He turned pro in 2008. Marius Copil earned his place among the world’s top
100 players in May 2017. Copil reached as far as an ATP tournament final twice,
in 2018. In the first final match, Marius
Copil was defeated by Bosnian challenger Mirza Basic, in Sofia. The second tournament in Basel
saw Copil sustaining a defeat by Roger Federer. The Swiss tournament has meant Marius
Copil’s career best so far. The Romanian’s trail began in the qualifiers and
included six wins against better-placed opponents. Among them, Croatia’s Marin Cilic and the German Alexander Zverev. Early
into 2019, when Copil advanced to the Australian Open’s second round, he was 56th
placed according to the men’s singles world rankings. It was Copil’s career
best so far, according to the professional tennis rankings at world level. As
we speak, Marius Copil is 248th-placed according to world rankings.

(Transl;ation by Eugen Nasta)

21 September 2021
Athlete of the week

Romania’s men’s lawn tennis team are that close to
earning their participation in the Davis Cup’s final tournament. This past
weekend in Cluj Napoca, the Romanians defeated Portugal, 3-1, in a match
counting towards the first tour in World Group I. On Saturday, in the first
men’s singles confrontation, Portugal’s Joao Sousa defeated Filip Cristian Jianu,
6-3, 7-5. In the second confrontation on Saturday, Marius Copil grabbed a 6-4,
6-3 win against Gastao Elias. On Sunday, in the men’s doubles confrontation,
Marius Copil and Horia Tecău defeated Nuno Borges and Joao Sousa, 6-4, 6-3. In
the second men’s singles match, Marius Copil defeated Sousa, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
Copil’s feat sealed Romania’s win against Portugal. Marius had a substantial contribution
to all three points on Romania’s record sheet. Reason enough for Radio Romania
International to designate Copil the Athlete of the week.

Marius Copil was born in the western Romanian town of
Arad on October17, 1990, into a family of athletes. His father was a rugby
player, while his mother played handball. Marius took up tennis at the age of
7. He turned pro in 2008. Marius Copil earned his place among the world’s top
100 players in May 2017. Copil reached as far as an ATP tournament final twice,
in 2018. In the first final match, Marius
Copil was defeated by Bosnian challenger Mirza Basic, in Sofia. The second tournament in Basel
saw Copil sustaining a defeat by Roger Federer. The Swiss tournament has meant Marius
Copil’s career best so far. The Romanian’s trail began in the qualifiers and
included six wins against better-placed opponents. Among them, Croatia’s Marin Cilic and the German Alexander Zverev. Early
into 2019, when Copil advanced to the Australian Open’s second round, he was 56th
placed according to the men’s singles world rankings. It was Copil’s career
best so far, according to the professional tennis rankings at world level. As
we speak, Marius Copil is 248th-placed according to world rankings.

(Transl;ation by Eugen Nasta)

21 September 2021
Sports weekend

Romanian swimmer Robert Glinţă on Thursday won the gold
medal in the 100m backstroke event as part of the ongoing European Swimming
Championships in Budapest. Glinta set a new national record since he clocked 52
secs and 88 hundredths, We recall Glinta had also set the previous national
record, with 53 secs and 32 hundredths. The latter record was set by Glinta on
May 27, 2018. Robert Glinta has already secured his participation in the Tokyo Olympics
for the 100m backstroke event. Robert won his second medal in the European
competition held in Hungary, having walked away with silver in the 50m event. The
fact that Glinta walked home with gold in a seniors’ European swimming
championship, in the men’s version of the competition, is an absolute first for
Romania. Also, Glinta’s gold medal comes after a 17-year gap in Romania’s
swimming record. We recall that in Madrid, in 2004, Camelia Potec won gold in
the 200m freestyle event.

Robert Glinţă was born on April 18, 1997, in Piteşti. Robert
took up sports at a very early age. He first tried karate, then he took up
swimming. Glinta broke dozens of national records, in the children and junior
categories, but also in the seniors’ version of competitions nationwide. Robert
Glinta was the only Romanian swimmer to have reached as far as the finals at
the 2016 edition of the Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. Robert’s best result
back then was the 8th place in the 100m backstroke event.

In news from football, this past Thursday, Academica
Clinceni grabbed a 2-1 home win against Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. This was the last
fixture counting towards Group 1’s 9th round as part of League One
championship. One round before the end of the championship, Sepsi Sfantu
Gheorghe are 4th placed in the rankings, being 3 points behind the 3rd-placed
team, Universitatea Craiova. The team that in the final is 3rd-placed
will have a playoff fixture to gain access to the European Conference League.
The team will face the winner of the match pitting Chindia Târgovişte against Viitorul
Constanţa, two teams coming from the domestic championship’s Group 2. However,
Universitatea Craiova can have a faster access to European competitions. This
coming Saturday in the southern Romanian of Ploiesti, Universitatea Craiova
take on Astra Giurgiu, in Romanian Cup final. Should Universitatea Craiova win,
they will book their ticket for the Conference League, while Sepsi Sfantu
Gheorghe are sent into playoffs. For the first time since the
pandemic-generated restrictions have been put in place in our country, the Romanian
Cup final will be played with fans attending. As of this weekend, 25% of
sports arenas’ seating capacity is open to sports fans. Access is allowed to vaccinated
persons and to those who tested negative for coronavirus.

21 May 2021
Sports weekend

Romanian swimmer Robert Glinţă on Thursday won the gold
medal in the 100m backstroke event as part of the ongoing European Swimming
Championships in Budapest. Glinta set a new national record since he clocked 52
secs and 88 hundredths, We recall Glinta had also set the previous national
record, with 53 secs and 32 hundredths. The latter record was set by Glinta on
May 27, 2018. Robert Glinta has already secured his participation in the Tokyo Olympics
for the 100m backstroke event. Robert won his second medal in the European
competition held in Hungary, having walked away with silver in the 50m event. The
fact that Glinta walked home with gold in a seniors’ European swimming
championship, in the men’s version of the competition, is an absolute first for
Romania. Also, Glinta’s gold medal comes after a 17-year gap in Romania’s
swimming record. We recall that in Madrid, in 2004, Camelia Potec won gold in
the 200m freestyle event.

Robert Glinţă was born on April 18, 1997, in Piteşti. Robert
took up sports at a very early age. He first tried karate, then he took up
swimming. Glinta broke dozens of national records, in the children and junior
categories, but also in the seniors’ version of competitions nationwide. Robert
Glinta was the only Romanian swimmer to have reached as far as the finals at
the 2016 edition of the Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. Robert’s best result
back then was the 8th place in the 100m backstroke event.

In news from football, this past Thursday, Academica
Clinceni grabbed a 2-1 home win against Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. This was the last
fixture counting towards Group 1’s 9th round as part of League One
championship. One round before the end of the championship, Sepsi Sfantu
Gheorghe are 4th placed in the rankings, being 3 points behind the 3rd-placed
team, Universitatea Craiova. The team that in the final is 3rd-placed
will have a playoff fixture to gain access to the European Conference League.
The team will face the winner of the match pitting Chindia Târgovişte against Viitorul
Constanţa, two teams coming from the domestic championship’s Group 2. However,
Universitatea Craiova can have a faster access to European competitions. This
coming Saturday in the southern Romanian of Ploiesti, Universitatea Craiova
take on Astra Giurgiu, in Romanian Cup final. Should Universitatea Craiova win,
they will book their ticket for the Conference League, while Sepsi Sfantu
Gheorghe are sent into playoffs. For the first time since the
pandemic-generated restrictions have been put in place in our country, the Romanian
Cup final will be played with fans attending. As of this weekend, 25% of
sports arenas’ seating capacity is open to sports fans. Access is allowed to vaccinated
persons and to those who tested negative for coronavirus.

21 May 2021