Rain halts Zheng's semifinal bid
Zheng Jie was forced to wait until Saturday to complete her Birmingham WTA grasscourt quarterfinal against Roberta Vinci when rain halted the tie with the Chinese player 6-3, 5-6 ahead.
Zheng, the world number 32, had served for the match at 5-4 in the second set.
Only one match was completed on Friday as Misaki Doi of Japan wrapped up a 6-4, 7-5 win over Stephanie Foretz-Gacon in a third round tie suspended midway through the second set on Thursday.
The 21-year-old Doi will play her first ever WTA Tour quarterfinal against Jelena Jankovic, who is looking for her first title since 2010.
Left-hander Doi clearly enjoys the grass – she beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Zheng on her way to the third round of Wimbledon last year.
Doi and Jankovic will be on Centre Court following the completion of the Vinci-Zheng match on what could be a very busy Saturday, featuring both the quarterfinals and semifinals.
The other quarterfinals feature Melanie Oudin and Irina Falconi in an all-American tussle, while Russia's Ekaterina Makarova faces Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan.
