Rain is plaguing the semifinals Friday at the WTA Qatar Total Open in Doha, with play stopped at 3-3 in the first set between top-seeded Frenchwoman
Amelie Mauresmo and No. 4
Alicia Molik of Australia.
Due up in the second semifinal is No. 2-seeded Russian pin-up
Maria Sharapova versus unseeded Slovak pin-up
Daniela Hantuchova.
Mauresmo is gunning for her second consecutive title after winning last week in Antwerp, defeating
Venus Williams in the final.
