Mihai Tenea

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, the top seed, qualified with difficulty, on Thursday, for the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Prague, with total prizes of 202,250 US dollars, after defeating Czech Barbora Krejcikova, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan on Tuesday qualified for the round of sixteen of the WTA tournament in Prague, equipped with prizes worth 202,250 US dollars, after defeating Australian Storm Sanders, 6-1, 6-1. Ana Bogdan (27 years old, WTA's 92) defeated Sanders (26, WTA's 275) in 1 hour and 16 minutes.

Bucharest, Aug 11 /Agerpres/ - Romanian tennis player Irina Begu breezed on Tuesday 6-2, 6-2 past No. 9 seed, Latvian Anastasija Sevastova, into the round of sixteen of the WTA Tour event in Prague, featuring $ 202,250 in prize money. Begu (age 29, WTA's 82nd) managed an impressive victory, her first in the WTA circuit after the break imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Minister for Youth and Sport Ionut Stroe told AGERPRES on Thursday that there will not be just one sport where competitions will be resumed in the first phase, but several, having so far received requests for football, cycling, motoring and motorcycling.

Romania officially reconfirmed its commitment to organizing matches during the EURO 2020 in Bucharest, through a guarantee letter sent to UEFA, the Ministry of Youths and Sports announces. "The Romanian Football Federation submitted to UEFA the last guarantee letter of the 24 necessary to reaffirm the availability to host the UEFA European Football Championship EURO 2020.

Romanian tennis player Irina Begu on Thursday progressed to the singles quarter-finals of the 162,480-USD Oracle Challenger Series Indian Wells after defeating Kristie Ahn (USA) 6-3 6-3. Begu, 29, world number 104 prevailed in one hour and 39 minutes, at her first encounter with 27-year-old Ahn, world number 89.

Romanian judokas Stefan Adelina Dobre and Serafima Moscalu won bronze medals on Sunday at the Warsaw European Open 2020 competition in Warsaw, Poland. In the women's 63kg class, Stefania Dobre defeated Polish Agata Zacheja, lost in the quarter-finals to Swiss Carina Hildbrand, but in the repechages she defeated Polish Natalia Kropska, and then she went on to defeat Belgium's Selina Delen.

Romanian Ilinca Pantis (CS Riposta) won the bronze medal in the women's sabre event on Thursday at the Cadet and Junior European Fencing Championships in Porec (Croatia).

Romanian-German duo Florin Mergea/Andre Begemann qualified on Wednesday for the quarterfinals of the men's doubles event at the challenger tournament in Koblenz (Kolenz Open), Germany, with prizes worth 46,600 euro, after defeating Indian pair made up of N. Sriram Balaji/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, with a score of 7-6 (6), 4-6, 10-6.

Romania's tennis player Patricia Tig qualified on Thursday for the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Hua Hin (Thailand), with prizes worth 275,000 US dollars, after an easy match against Chinese Xiaodi You, with a score of 6-1, 6-3.