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Niculescu, Konjuh to play rain-delayed Nottingham Open final

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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) Monica Niculescu and Ana Konjuh will contest the rain-delayed final of the Nottingham Open on Monday.

The tournament had been hit by bad weather coming into the finals weekend, with play again halted during Sunday.

Niculescu of Romania reached her first grass court singles final with an upset victory over top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 5-7, 6-4, 6-0.

The 17-year-old Konjuh had to complete two matches on Sunday. After overcoming Sachia Vickery 6-2, 6-2 in the delayed quarterfinal, the Croatian beat No. 5 seed Alison Riske 6-4, 6-3.