NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom — Second seed Donna Vekic reached the semifinals of the rain-plagued Nottingham WTA event on Friday after playing her quarter-final on two different surfaces, outside and indoors.

Vekic, the 2017 champion at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament, started her match against French eighth seed Kristina Mladenovic on outdoor grass.

However, the rain which has been a problem all week returned towards the end of the first set, sending the players rushing for cover at the venue's indoor hard courts with Croatian Vekic eventually claiming a 7-5, 6-4 win and a place in a third straight semi-final in Nottingham.

The decision to conclude the quarterfinals indoors did not please Mladenovic's coach, Sascha Bajin.

"Many bad decisions have been made here in Nottingham by the officials," he tweeted.

"But still, we can take lots of good things from here. Congrats to Dona for today."

Murray to face top seeds in

Queen's Club doubles return

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will face Queen's Club top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah when he makes his return from hip surgery alongside Spain's Feliciano Lopez next week.

Murray, 32, is playing doubles as he takes his first steps back to the tour having undergone a hip resurfacing operation earlier this year.

He last played at the Australian Open in January. Murray is also expected to play doubles at the Eastbourne championships the following week and at Wimbledon.

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas is the top seed in the singles with Kevin Anderson, runner-up at Wimbledon last year, the second seed. South African Anderson skipped the claycourt season. The tournament begins on Monday. — Agencies