[tennis]Semifinals Postponed In WTA Events at Prague And Palermo

Rain played spoilsport in Prague where ECM Prague Open semifinals were shifted to sunday with the final to be plaed the same day. 2nd seed Sybille Bammer was leading 3rd seed Iveta Benesova 3-0 when rain stopped the play. In the other semi top seed Francesca Schiavone meets Timea Backsinszky. The doubles final lineup is ready with top seeded Czech duo Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zalavova Stryckova meeting second seed Alona and Katerina Banderanko.

While in Palermo Italian defending champion Sarra Errani meets the winner of all Italian semifinal of top seed Flavia Penetta and Tathiana Garvin after she defeated German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. The doubles final of the $220,000 International series event, originally scheduled for Saturday, will now also be played on Sunday. Spanish No.2 seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez face the Ukrainian-Belarusian duo of Mariya Koryttseva and Darya Kustova.