(Reuters) -Heavy rain brought a stop-start evening session to a premature end at the Monterrey Open on Friday, with Russian second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova’s semi-final against Czech Marie Bouzkova being moved to Saturday.

The match was tied at two games apiece in the first set when rains disrupted play, with the delay lasting several hours before the contest was rescheduled.

The semi-final will begin at 11:30 am (1830 GMT) on Saturday, with the final to be played later in the evening.

The delay is far from ideal for Alexandrova and Bouzkova, who are both scheduled to compete in the first round of the U.S. Open, which begins on Sunday.

The winner of the semi-final clash between the two will face Diana Shnaider in the final, after the Russian third seed claimed a 6-3 7-6(8) win over A

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