Sports roundup

Florin Orban, 28.10.2019, 11:24

We
move on to tennis. The Romanian-Dutch pair Horia Tecău and Jean-Julien Rojer on
Sunday won the doubles final of the ATP tournament in Basel worth more than 2
million euros in prize money. Tecău and Rojer defeated the American pair Taylor
Fritz and Reilly Opelka in straight sets. They have thus secured their
qualification for the ATP Finals. This was Tecău’s 58th doubles
final in his career.

We
end this roundup with news from football. Matches counting for the 14th
leg of the regular season were held at the weekend. On Friday, in Sfântu
Gheorghe, the local side Sepsi drew nil-all against FC Voluntari. On Saturday, Chindia
Târgovişte drew 1-all against Gaz Metan Mediaş at home; while FCSB defeated FC
Hermannstadt 4-nil away. On Sunday, Academica Clinceni drew nil-all against Universitatea
Craiova at home on their new stadium; Astra Giurgiu defeated FC Botoşani 2-1
away; while Dinamo Bucharest defeated Viitorul Constanţa 3-2 at home. In the
leg’s final match on Monday, Politehnica Iaşi take on CFR Cluj. CFR Cluj top
the current ranking with 27 points followed by Viitorul with 25.