Jarmila Groth of Australia will play her doubles partner, Klara Zakopalova, for a place in the Hobart International final. Groth comfortably defeated Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals Thursday, while her Czech doubles partner Zakopalova beat top-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-2. The other semifinal will be between American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and China's Peng Shuai, who both played two matches Thursday to make up for lost time due to rain delays. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6018080
