Brazilian
tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia has won the WTA tournament in Birmingham with
251,750 dollars in prize money. In the finals Haddad Maia defeated Shuai Zhang 5-4,
after the Chinese had abandoned the game. Hadad Maia had secured a 6-3, 2-6,
6-4, win against Romanian Simona Halep in the semis while Zhang had also
defeated another Romanian, Sorana Cârstea, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6.
Romanian
swimmers Robert Glinta and David Popovici have qualified for the finals of the World
Swimming Championship in Budapest. Glință has qualified for the finals of the 100-meter
backstroke race while Popovici, who is at his first participation in the
aforementioned competition, has qualified for the finals of the 200-meter
freestyle race with the best time also setting a record for junior contests of
one minute, 44 seconds and 40 hundredths.
Romanians Razvan Ursachi and Iulian Teodosiu have ranked fifth and sixth
respectively in the individual sabre contest of the European Fencing
Championships in Antalya, Turkey. In the quarterfinals, Ursachi lost to Sandro
Bazadze of Georgia 15-8 while Teodosiu also lost the quarters to Bolade Apithy
of France 15-10.
Another two Romanians, George Dragomir and Codrin Cozmuleanu came 24th
and 31st respectively. While on Friday in the women’s foil event Emilia
Corbu and Mălina Călugăreanu of Romania came 28th and 32nd
respectively.
Romania’s football selection has conceded a 2-1 defeat to Italy in its
first game of the European Under-21 Championship. In the other game of the
group, France secured a 5-0 win against Slovakia. Romania will next play France.
The first two sides in every group will
qualify for the semifinals and the World Cup due in Indonesia next year. Sides ranking third will go into the playoffs
for a fifth European place at the World Cup.
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