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Romania’s Sorana Carstea and Victor Hanescu have beaten Australia’s Samantha Stosur and Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 6-1 Saturday in mixed doubles to give Romania a 2-1 win in the opener of the Hopman Cup teams tennis tournament held in Perth, Australia.

Romania’s national women’s handball team won Sunday against Japan, 37-28 (17-17), in the preliminary C group of the World Championship taking place in China.

Romania’s Steaua Bucharest qualified in the third preliminary round of Europa League after a 2-1 victory in the away match over Hungary’s Ujpest FC on Thursday.