French Open 2016: Latest Predictions for Men, Women’s Final Brackets

Weather was again the major story Monday at the 2016 French Open, as rain washed away the entire day’s slate.

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, the tournament’s respective top seeds, were originally scheduled for their fourth-round matches. 

Djokovic will instead face Roberto Bautista Agut on Tuesday, when he’ll look to earn a seventh straight trip to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros. Bautista Agut, the No. 14 seed, has not defeated Djokovic in any of their four previous head-to-head matches. The 28-year-old is making his first fourth-round appearance in Paris, so the odds are stacked against him.

The tournament has broken perfectly for Djokovic, who has a clear path to the final. Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal opened Djokovic’s side of the bracket wide. Nadal and Djokovic were destined for a semifinals clash before the nine-time champion’s wrist injury caused him to bow out early.

Instead, the top remaining seed on Djokovic’s side of the bracket is No. 7 Tomas Berdych. Djokovic holds a 23-2 record all-time against Berdych, including a run of 10 straight wins. One of Berdych’s two wins did, however, come at the 2013 Rome Masters.

Djokovic has yet to lose a set through the first three rounds and entered Paris motivated to finally complete his career Grand Slam. The Serb has fallen short in three of the last four French Open finals—twice to Rafael Nadal and last year to Stan Wawrinka. The clay-court slam is all that prevented him from the single-season Grand Slam in both 2011 and 2015.

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“My confidence level is high because of the matches—many matches—that I have won this year,” Djokovic said, per the Associated Press (via Los Angeles Times), “on [red clay] and …

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