Former WTA No.1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia will play Melanie Oudin of the United States in the rain-delayed grass court final in Birmingham after both players won quarter-final and semi-final matches on Sunday.
Monday’s final at the warmup for Wimbledon will be Jankovic’s first in 10 months after she beat Misaki Doi of Japan 6-3 6-4 in a quarter-final that took three days to finish because of rain.
She then rallied to beat China’s Zheng Jie 6-7 (2-7) 7-5 6-1.
“It’s been a really difficult day at the office but a good one,” Jankovic said.
Oudin defeated Irina Falconi 6-4 5-7 7-5 in an all-American quarter-final and then rallied to down eighth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-4 3-6 6-2.
It’s the second straight year that rain has forced a Monday finish.


