Second seed Karolina Pliskova and Caroline Wozniacki reached the final stage of the rain-affected Qatar Total Open, winning both their quarterfinals and semifinals on yet another wet day in Doha.
Czech world No.3 Pliskova first cruised by Zhang Shuai 6-2 6-0, despite being disturbed by having to warm up five times because of the weather conditions. In the semis, the 24-year-old Pliskova managed to defeat third seed Dominika Cibulkova 6-4 4-6 6-3 for the first time in their four meetings, even though the Slovak was a privileged player, as the forecast allowed her to be the only one to make the final four on Thursday.