BIG eliminated Wildcard from PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 on February 17th following a 2-1 victory. They met in the 1-2 pool of the Swiss group stage and Wildcard lost the decider despite having a man advantage on six rounds. The series kicked off on Ancient and BIG completely dismantled Wildcard's defense as they pulled a flawless T-side. Wildcard had a good chance to grab at least one round but Marcel "hyped" Köhn prevented them from doing so. At least Wildcard saved themselves from the embarrassment of getting 13-0'd as Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz and Love "phzy" Smidebrant won a heroic 2v5 in the second pistol. However, that wasn't enough to stop BIG's momentum and the German team closed out Ancient in the first gun round. Wildcard found a way to reset after that Ancient loss and played much better on Inferno, their map pick. They had great mid-round calls to outplay BIG's CT-side and secure a 7-5 advantage for the second half. Things were looking really promising for Wildcard after phzy single-handedly destroyed BIG's T-side pistol with a cracking Dualies ace. From a moment it looked like Wildcard were going to run away with an easy victory, but BIG put up a good fight and Inferno would have gone to overtime if it wasn't for Tim "susp" Ångström denying the B bombsite to BIG in the final round. It all went down to Nuke, a map in which both teams have a mixed record. Wildcard strolled to a 5-1 lead on their CT-side, but a couple of silly mid-round mistakes prevented them from getting past seven, thus giving BIG a lifeline for the second half. There was a lot of back-and-forth at the start of the second half as both Wildcard and BIG won rounds with just pistols, but the German team came out on top of it and wrecked Wildcard's T-side economy early on. BIG never looked back after they got ahead in the scoreboard and closed out the map with ease. The elimination must leave a bitter taste in the mouth of Wildcard's players as they could have defeated BIG, The MongolZ, and Virtus.pro in the tournament. With Wildcard out of PGL Cluj-Napoca, all there is left for NA fans is to cheer for Complexity, who will play an elimination series versus SAW today at 12:00PM. No. 1 seed Anastasia Potapova came from behind to post a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over unseeded Lucia Bronzetti and win the WTA 250 Transylvania Open title in Cluj-Napoca on Sunday. World No. 32 Potapova needed 2 hours and 2 minutes to battle back from a set down and best 72nd-ranked Bronzetti in the final. With the win, Potapova extended her perfect head-to-head against Bronzetti to 5-0. "I’m so happy right now because [it was] such a battle," Potapova said after her triumph. "She is such a great player, she always pushed me to the limits, and I’m really happy that I’m able to hold [the trophy] in my hands now. "I can be really patient on court, and actually, I can set the highest goals for myself and work for it." This is Potapova's third career WTA singles title, and second on indoor hard court. Her most recent title before this week also came on this surface, two years ago in Linz. Potapova's maiden title came on clay at 2022 Istanbul. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Transylvania Open WTA250 (@transylvaniaopen) Match breakdown: In Sunday's early going, it looked like Bronzetti might get her first win over Potapova. The Italian edged ahead by a break by 5-4, then cranked back-to-back forehand winners down the line during a thunderous hold to seal the one-set lead. It was the first set Potapova dropped all week. Bronzetti had a break point in the first game of the second set as well, but Potapova erased that chance with a powerful down-the-line backhand of her own. After getting out of that game with a hold, Potapova started to turn the match in her favor. Potapova went on to win the final five games of the second set, leveling the encounter. Potapova chopped her unforced errors from 25 in the opener to just 11 in the second set. The top seed also out-winnered Bronzetti by 12 to four in the second set. A love break to open the final set helped Potapova ease to victory. At 5-2, Bronzetti saved three championship points, the third with a bold forehand winner down the line, but Potapova found some of her top serves of the day on the next two points to clinch the title. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Women’s Tennis Association (@wta) First-time doubles champions: Magali Kempen of Belgium and Anna Siskova of the Czech Republic captured the Transylvania Open doubles title They defeated Romanian hope Jaqueline Cristian and Italy's Angelica Moratelli 6-3 This is the first WTA doubles title for both Kempen and Siskova who teamed up for the very first time this week They had each reached one WTA doubles final previously which they won in just 1 hour and 11 minutes Kempen and Siskova won 78 percent of points returning second serves leading to a 6-for-9 break point conversion rate en route to the trophy Simona Halep Announces Retirement After Loss at Cluj-Napoca Winners OpenThe former world number one returned to the WTA circuit this Tuesday at the Cluj-Napoca Open Halep announced her permanent retirement from professional tennis My body can no longer reach where it used to be I know what that means," said Simona Halep after her match as reported by the sports portal Digisport but at this point it’s no longer possible." Simona Halep was involved in a doping scandal though her final participation in a professional tournament ended at Cluj-Napoca and Liquid have chosen to skip PGL Cluj-Napoca a $1,250 million tournament that kicks off days after IEM Katowice 2025 concludes According to HLTV's Editor-in-Chief Milan "Striker" Švejda this decision has to do with the way PGL monetized the event "We know that the top teams are not happy with PGL just putting everything in the prizepool," Striker said in the latest episode of HLTV Confirmed They (the teams) wanted some revenue share and they didn't end up getting so they're skipping PGL." Striker also highlighted that this decision to skip PGL could be "pretty disastrous" for teams such as Liquid and FURIA as they'll lose the opportunity to try climbing some points in the Valve Regional Standings (VRS). The HLTV Editor-in-Chief talked in depth about Liquid's situation in his column at HLTV While tournament organizers like ESL and BLAST do not put all the money directly into the prize pool Instead of splitting the money between revenue share for teams and prize pool for the players PGL puts all the money in the prize pool for the organizations "It’s up to the organizations to decide how they use the money, whether for salaries, team development, recruiting, or operations," PGL's CEO Silviu Stroie wrote on X on January 30th "PGL is not going to dictate how teams should allocate their earnings We do not force organizations to compete in most of our events in order to be rewarded and we appreciate everyone who enjoys them." PGL Cluj-Napoca will run from February 14th to 23rd Former World No.1 Simona Halep's Romanian homecoming was stopped at the first hurdle at the Transylvania Open in Cluj-Napoca on Tuesday by Italy's Lucia Bronzetti Cluj-Napoca: Draws | Scores | Order of play Bronzetti needed just under an hour to dispatch the two-time Grand Slam singles champion 72 went a perfect 5-for-5 on her break point chances which came in the first game of the second set "I respect a lot Simona; she is a great champion," Bronzetti said afterwards "I enjoyed the atmosphere even if it was all for her I think that I played every point very solid I tried to stay there and focus every point." Locked in 🫡Bronzetti defeats Halep in consecutive sets to secure her spot in the next round in Cluj! #TO2025 pic.twitter.com/kZYQ0DmQdw with her 2024 comeback season limited to just four tournaments as a result of a knee injury who upset Victoria Azarenka at the Australian Open and last week at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz played eventual runner-up Dayana Yastremska tough in the opening round Halep was broken in the first game of the match and though she pushed Bronzetti to deuce from 40-0 in the next game Bronzetti pulled away by winning six straight games from 2-1 in the first set with her only game lost in the second set coming when Halep held serve at love when already trailing 3-0 Bronzetti advances to a second-round meeting with No who regrouped after losing the first set to top Varvara Gracheva in other Tuesday action Following the conclusion of PGL Cluj-Napoca the TO paid out their talent in very short order This led to a rave review from analyst Jacob "Pimp" Winneche on X: I was paid for my work at PGL Cluj-Napoca less than 12 hours after I arrived home In general TOs are great at keeping fair payment deadlines As a freelancer I can only appreciate that 🤍 @pglesports Dustin "dusT" Mouret also received his payout quickly I was paid by @pglesports before I even boarded my plane home yesterday It was the same for the RMRs/Shanghai Major Sent our prize money invoice for @pglesports Cluj yesterday and the payment was made today but PGL are not only clearly the best in terms of payment speed but they're in their own league PGL are actively trying to challenge other more established CS2 tournament organizers such as ESL and BLAST and they might just be able to shake up the scene if they keep doing little things like this the community thought PGL Cluj-Napoca was a great event despite some of the top teams missing BLAST and ESL will have to bring their A-game in their upcoming events to match PGL's standards Casters Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill and Alex "Machine" Richardson drank a beer during Astralis v the 3rd place decider match of PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 They were casting a hectic Mirage game which FaZe won by 28-24 after a string of dramatic overtimes After FaZe won the first three rounds of the fifth overtime the camera cut to Machine and SPUNJ and they made a toast with their Heinekens much to the happiness of the PGL Cluj-Napoca crowd "Get yourself a TO like PGL," Machine celebrated "(Who) bring you a beer mid-cast," SPUNJ added FaZe didn't go to distance as Astralis won Inferno and Ancient during regulation to get the 3rd place and gain some much-needed points in the Global Valve Regional Standings (VRS) Liquid's decision to decline the invite for PGL Cluj-Napoca has been extensively criticized by fans and pundits Unlike the other teams skipping the tournament — Spirit and Natus Vincere — Liquid don't have much room to work with in the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) that this controversial decision came from Liquid's management This was revealed by Liquid's head coach Torbjørn “mithR” Nyborg in a conversation with the caster Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill during the coach roundtable at IEM Katowice "I know that I'm not (the decision-maker)," mithR told SPUNJ who asked if Liquid's manager Steve "jokasteve" Perino was the decision-maker on Liquid "We discuss what tournaments we want to go to where we’re being told what tournaments we go to I don’t know who has discussed what with who there are some tournaments we go to and some that we skip It’s not going to matter too much for us whether it’s one or the other." mithR also said that while he isn't excluded from such decisions and others make decisions like deciding which tournaments Liquid will attend Depending on their results at IEM Katowice 2025 Liquid would have to do significantly better in the next two tournaments ESL Pro League Season 21 and BLAST Open Lisbon These will be their latest opportunities to gain points on the Ranking before the April 7th cutoff for the BLAST.tv Austin Major And that may as well be the case as Liquid lost to HEROIC in the opening round of IEM Katowice Stage 1 and now need to win back-to-back best-of-threes to qualify for Stage 2 Liquid's first elimination series at IEM Katowice Stage 1 is against Complexity tomorrow The PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 group stage finalized this Tuesday February 18th and just like in other tier-one LANs Train is the least popular map of the official rotation We're nearing two months since Valve swapped Vertigo for Train after many pros and casuals asked for the removal of the former throughout the past few years Train's inclusion has kept the map pool just as stale as it was in 2024 Train was played just twice so far in PGL Cluj-Napoca and is tied with Anubis in that regard They're far away from the rest — Inferno (21) and Mirage (11) — which suggests that fans will rarely see teams play Train throughout the playoffs The reason for Train's unpopularity seems largely tied to the fact that many teams had Vertigo as their perma ban so it's only logical that they made Train their perma ban at least until they figure out the map's meta This becomes even more evident as the few times Train was played in 2025 it wasn't exactly pretty Complexity and Astralis are among the few teams who played Train the most The way it stands it looks like fans will have to wait more to see Train being played regularly by pros unless some underdogs give the map a try in the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 21 Play-in The group stage of PGL Cluj-Napoca has concluded with eight teams advancing through the Swiss stage to the single-elimination playoff bracket and SAW all claimed playoff spots in the fifth and final round of the group stage though that does mean they will draw the higher seeds in round one Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski stands alone as the sole North American presence in playoffs as both Wildcard and Complexity were eliminated in the group stage The first round of playoffs looks like this: Arguably the biggest surprise is the appearance of SAW who were down 0-2 with Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira and José "⁠Shr⁠" Gil set to be benched The Portuguese roster rallied back with three wins against FlyQuest But now they've drawn their toughest opponent yet in top-seeded FaZe Clan paiN and MOUZ will kick off a long day of quarterfinals action on Friday Falcons will want to quickly forget their first pistol round on Dust2 v putting FaZe in a dismal-looking 2v5 on the infamously hard-to-retake B bombsite David "frozen" Čerňanský and Håvard "rain" Nygaard were the final two standing FaZe members The retake began with rain and frozen finding two quick frags frozen tapped the bomb to force a peek from the three remaining Falcons players Emil "Magisk" Reif and Nikola "NiKo" Kovač were left to right the ship for Falcons against rain and frozen but Falcons were nervous about another fake rain fell while protecting his comrade but Magisk and NiKo couldn't find frozen before he completed the defuse as they won the map and the series 2-0 over FaZe despite this embarrassing round Falcons will face MOUZ in the grand final of PGL Cluj-Napoca tomorrow at 11:00AM Viktorija Golubic and Aliaksandra Sasnovich mounted dramatic comebacks at the Transylvania Open on Tuesday each saving match points to win three-set battles on Court 2 in Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca: Scores | Draws | Order of play Golubic, first up, fended off two to defeat Arantxa Rus 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(10) in 3 hours and 30 minutes -- the longest tour-level match of the 2025 season. The 32-year-old Swiss player has been resurgent since winning her second Hologic WTA Tour title in Jiujiang last October -- a tournament where she also came through a marathon against Rus Golubic needed six more minutes to seal victory in the joint-third longest regular (first to seven) third-set tiebreak of the 2020s She had saved one match point serving down 6-5 in the decider she flashed a brilliant one-handed backhand to set up a fifth The 12-10 third-set tiebreak scoreline matches Petra Kvitova's 5-7 7-6(10) defeat of Garbiñe Muguruza in the 2022 US Open second round (before the tournament instituted first-to-10 third-set tiebreaks) only two matches have exceeded it: Kvitova's 6-2 7-6(11) defeat of Jessica Pegula in the fourth round of Indian Wells 2023 7-6(12) victory over Anett Kontaveit in the 2022 Sydney semifinals Photos: All of 2025's winners from match point down | All of 2025's three-hour matches The drama continued on Court 2 as lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich saved five match points en route to defeating No a last-minute replacement after Laura Siegemund withdrew due to a lower leg injury faced all five serving down 5-4 in the second set The result marks the most match points saved en route to a victory in a WTA main-draw match since Viktoriya Tomova also saved five in last June's Bad Homburg quarterfinals against Anna Blinkova Dracula Gaming Events' organizers have announced the cancellation of the event we have come to the difficult decision that the remaining time is simply not enough to execute Dracula Gaming Events at the premium level we envisioned," a press release states "Due to lower international interest in Cluj-Napoca we have decided to take a bigger and more ambitious approach for the future of Dracula Gaming Events Rather than moving forward with an event that doesn’t meet our full potential we are reinterpreting the Dracula concept into something even more immersive The statement explains that over the past months the organization has explored new ways to expand the reach and influence of Dracula Gaming Events "Our vision goes beyond a single-location event - we want to create a movement that integrates Dracula’s unique identity into global gaming experiences," they detailed and special experiences that place Dracula Gaming Events on an even bigger international platform," the organization explained in its announcement "As an event that was positioned to set new benchmarks in iGaming conferences we do not want to compromise on impact and effectiveness Rather than proceeding under less-than-ideal conditions we will refocus our efforts to align with the industry’s evolving needs."  "We truly appreciate the support from our partners and attendees—it’s been an incredible journey and we’re grateful to everyone who’s been part of it we’re still committed to the iGaming community and look forward to staying connected in different ways," the organizers concluded Complexity has bombed out of PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 following a dismal 0-2 loss to SAW today seeing the beleaguered squad exit the Romanian LAN with Imperial Valkyries being their only win on LAN so far this year the team struggled to close the opening map where they held a massive lead while recent additions Danny "Cxzi" Strzelczyk and Nick "nicx" Lee struggled immensely on the server was the closest COL came to winning a map against a male team at the event with the squad posting a great 9-3 CT-side before climbing up to an 11-3 lead after halftime in a tragic collapse on their opponent's map pick losing nine out of the next ten rounds to force the series into overtime before SAW claimed their map with a perfect overtime run things got even worse for Complexity as it was their turn to start on the backfoot with SAW winning their opening T-side 8-4 before things got even worse as SAW posted a perfect CT-side to claim the map 13-4 and the series 2-0 The loss is especially disappointing as SAW are a "dead" roster but the team set to make multiple changes after this event Complexity currently has a clear schedule and will need to regroup as the rest of 2025 looms large for the team PGL have announced the English-language talent for PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 The Romanian tournament organizer has assembled many of the top names in the game including Richard Lewis six NA names have been tapped to bring the action to fans Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus is set to host the desk alongside Richard Lewis while James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks will be doing sideline and player events in Romania Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg and Dustin "dusT" Mouret are joined by Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche and Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam with dusT working his first event in the year the talent has been split into an onsite team and a remote team and Alex "Machine" Richardson being in person while Adam "Dinko" Hawthorne and Harry "JustHarry" Russell will be remote The full talent list for IEM Katowice 2025 is as follows: PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 is set to start on February 14th They fall to Virtus.Pro in PGL Cluj-Napoca and are now 0-2 and one series loss from elimination They have not only not won a single series in 2025; they haven't even won a map yet this year D2 was a close affair until the second half Complexity took a 7-5 lead from their CT side into the second period but would only win a single round while playing as Ts VP won the map 13-8 and Petr "fame" Bolyshev shined on the CT side Complexity would make the second map a much closer competition but that doesn't really count for much in the grand scheme of things but Complexity flipped the script to bring the match to overtime powered by Hakon "hallzerk" Fjaerli's 15-7 scoreline while playing on the CT side The removal of Vertigo is hurting the North American mix and they haven't had many opportunities to play Train despite a clear willingness to play the new map.Complexity will be back in action tomorrow to try to avoid elimination in Cluj By 2024-11-01T11:00:00+00:00 ROMANIA: Cluj-Napoca city council approved the results of a feasibility study into a 48·8 km suburban rail scheme linking Bonțida with Gârbău via the city’s main station An application for EU funds is to be lodged before the end of the year Mayor Emil Boc told local media after the meeting on October 22 The 1·15bn lei Cluj Metropolitan Train scheme led by the municipality covers upgrading of an existing line running east-west across the conurbation and eight new stations built along with refurbishment of five existing ones New grade separated road and pedestrian crossings would be built works to upgrade and electrify the main line from Cluj-Napoca to Oradea in the west of the country are already underway A fleet of nine three-car trainsets is planned to operate the service each with a capacity of 420 passengers including 310 seated The municipality plans to call tenders for the operation of the services under a public service obligation contract The municipality expects the project to be financed jointly from the European Union’s Transport Programme 2021-27 for Romania Cluj county and the municipalities of Cluj-Napoca The suburban railway is to serve 23 stations including one at the Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport Trains would run at a maximum speed of up to 150 km/h giving an end-to-end journey time of 1 h 5 min A half-an-hourly service would be provided between 06.00 and 19.00 and trains would run hourly between 5.00 and 06.00 and 19.00 and 22.00 ‘The suburban rail project is of special importance for the reduction of car traffic and urban development in Cluj-Napoca the suburban railway will facilitate the daily travel of nearly 17 000 commuters by connecting Cluj-Napoca with the surrounding municipalities’ ROMANIA: Tenders worth €250m are scheduled to be called in the coming weeks covering work to build a 32 km tram-train network around Oradea Feasibility studies for the project were approved by Bihor county council and Oradea municipality in November 2023 ROMANIA: Construction of Cluj-Napoca metro Line 1 was launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on June 5 Minister of Transport & Infrastructure Sorin Grindeanu and Mayor Emil Boc The country’s first driverless metro will run over a 21 km route with .. ROMANIA: A €1·8bn turnkey contract has been signed for the construction of the first metro line in Cluj-Napoca Completion of the 21 km fully automated Line 1 with 19 stations is planned for 2031 The line is to be built by a consortium of Turkish construction .. Site powered by Webvision Cloud a North American Counter-Strike 2 community based out of Ottawa Canada have announced plans to host a free watch party for the PGL Cluj-Napoca finals aiming to bring together the Canadian Counter-Strike community after two previous watch parties At their previous watch parties for IEM Dallas 2024 and IEM Rio 2024, ThirdSite managed to assemble 20 and 30 fans, respectively, with the goal for Cluj-Napoca being to assemble 40 fans to celebrate CS esports together. The watch party is set to be at TailGators in downtown Ottawa a 20,000ft space with more than ample room to watch the games and hang out The event has been sponsored by Mohan "launders" Govindasamy's BOXR brand and by Leetify with the two companies doing giveaways and a trivia contest at the watch party Those interested in attending the free event can RSVP here The 2025 Transylvania Open kicks off on Monday with five singles main draw matches at WTA Cluj-Napoca That includes two Romanians who will be hoping to excite their home crowd we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate but who will book their spot in the second round but from time to time she can grab a win on any surface Especially in a matchup where her extreme forehand grip won’t be pressured Viktoriya Tomova can certainly track down balls though and she will force the Egyptian to literally blast the court Normally it would really be a great opportunity for Sherif to grab the rare win off clay but after her performance in Linz last week it’s kind of hard to trust she’ll execute her game well enough here The step up Suzan Lamens took in her game at the tail end of last year was very impressive It’s already brought her a first WTA Tour title and she’s ranked pretty deep inside the Top 100 now Anna Bondar isn’t to be underestimated though and qualifying to the main draw can help her enter this encounter with plenty of momentum But Lamens is probably the better player and won their only clash in Hong Kong just a few months ago Caroline Dolehide was playing an indoor event on another side of the globe last week and was unfortunate to run into top-seeded Anna Kalinskaya in the opening round But she gave her a good fight and her weaponry should generally translate to these conditions quite well (even without that much experience) Daria Snigur posted a very nice win over Anca Todoni in the qualifying but will need to respond to some very serious power coming from the American here But she’s a former finalist at this event and with home crowd support this time she might actually produce the (milder) upset Sorana Cirstea has been hinting at retirement in her recent interviews which is very understandable considering she spent the entire second half of last year injured But she did get a win on the board in Linz last week and probably should have won even more comfortably against Arantxa Rus The ball-striking quality is still there to be accessed when she shakes off the rust If she can play anything close to her best level Marina Stakusic might be a little outmatched Last Word On Sports is back with more action in our best bets column It promises to be an exciting opening day of WTA Rome action ATP Masters 1000 Rome 1/64-Finals Diallo – Giron: Time TBA H2H: first meeting Gabriel Diallo has won four of his last five matches The CS2 match between Complexity and SAW is a part of PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 and was played February 17 Complexity was ranked 24 in the world at the time going up against SAW who was ranked 22 in the world Wildcard had a successful debut at the $1,250 million PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 this Friday February 14th as they narrowly defeated MIBR in a thrilling best-of-three series This leaves the North Americans two wins away from making the playoffs as they're in the 1-0 pool of the Swiss group stage Wildcard picked Train to kick off the series against MIBR and what an entertaining brawl both teams put up The map went all the way to double overtime in which Wildcard played flawlessly thanks to back-to-back clutches from the Swedish import Love "phzy" Smidebrant phzy carried the momentum to Nuke and helped Wildcard cruise to an 10-2 lead in the first half as he was able to afford an AWP early on and secured many opening kills for the team That CT-side forced MIBR to pull a miraculous comeback in the second half but that proved impossible after they fumbled the anti-eco to Wildcard This left MIBR's economy in shambles and Wildcard made the most of the opportunity to close out the series fast February 15th for their 1-0 match at the PGL Cluj-Napoca group stage the other teams who won in the opening round were MOUZ Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The CS2 match between The MongolZ and Wildcard is a part of PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 and was played February 15 The MongolZ was ranked 7 in the world at the time going up against Wildcard who was ranked 21 in the world Nestled between homes on a quiet Romanian backstreet lies an old Communist film storage building Mostly gutted out now and in a state of disrepair strangely there are still a few rooms almost completely filled with reels and reels of 35mm film The depot was abandoned in the early 2000s A local initiative has tried to gather support to restore the building with hopes of turning it into a screening venue and a museum of Romanian cinema The easiest way to get to it is from the Fany bus station and walk up the street called Strada Septimiu Muresan One side (left) will be overgrown trees with a small canal/river If you get to the police academy you’ve gone about 100 meters too far Life-size statues of characters from 'The Wizard of Oz' stand at the one of the early screening sites for the 1939 movie single-screen cinema still puts a 1937 Compton organ to good use family-friendly museum dedicated to the “god of special effects” who brought Godzilla to life A vintage media store and safe haven for cinema buffs who love 16mm films shown on vintage projectors Forrest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey The remnants of what was once the largest film studio on the East Coast are hiding in plain sight A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end Day 4 at the WTA event in Cluj-Napoca will see the conclusion of the Round of 16 with several intriguing matchups in prospect While the tournament doesn’t have a particularly strong field on paper so far it has featured some very high level tennis and that trend should continue as we head into the final weekened of the event Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports ATP Masters 1000 Rome 1/64-Finals Nishioka – Struff: Time TBA H2H: 2-1 Yoshihito Nishioka has lost three of his last five matches ATP Masters 1000 Rome 1/64-Finals Gaston – Jarry: Time TBA H2H: first meeting Hugo Gaston has lost three of his last five matches The action continues at the WTA 250 in Cluj-Napoca as we enter the third day of entertaining tennis. We’ve already seen a stunning retirement Two encounters feature players meeting for the first time and home favorite Jaqueline Cristian will also be in action as she looks to be the first Romanian to win this event both players are evenly matched on hardcourts with Siniakova having a 54% win-rate on hard courts whereas Jones has a 51% win rate on the same surface reflecting her extensive experience on the WTA Tour the 20-year-old Stakusic is ranked 119th with a career record of 93-61 indicating her status as an emerging talent German teenager Jella Seidel’s impressive performance on indoor hard courts and recent form indicates she could pose a significant challenge in this one especially as their previous encounter was tightly contested Considering the head-to-head advantage and previous performances Kalinina appears to have the upper hand in this match