Unseeded Russian Svetlana Kutznetsova ended Amelie Mauresmo's 16-match winning streak as she ousted the world number two out of the Dubai Open quarter-finals on Friday. The former US Open champion beat top-seeded Mauresmo 7-6 (13-11), 6-4 in a rain-interrupted quarter-final, that was resumed on Friday morning after play was abandoned Thursday night when Mauresmo was leading 3-2 in the first-set tiebreak. Kutznetsova next faces fourth-seeded Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne, who overcame Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), in the semi-finals. Other postponed quarter-final action saw third-seeded Maria Sharapova avenging her recent defeat in Tokyo to Martina Hingis as the Russian teenager topped the Swiss star 6-3, 6-4. Sharapova will next take on second-seeded and defending champion Lindsay Davenport, who battled past Russia's Maria Kirilenko 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. The semi-finals are scheduled to take place on Friday afternoon, assuming good weather conditions.