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

Weather continues to wreak havoc on the schedule at Roland Garros, as Tuesday featured more rain delays and matches pushed back. 

The 2016 French Open has been an unusual tournament thus far. In addition to the weather delays and postponements, injuries have played a role with stars like Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga forced to retire. 

Things have opened up on the men’s side without Nadal and Tsonga, though weather delays may cause some additional rust for top stars and give underrated challengers additional chances to recover from previous matches. 

Here’s what to expect from the men’s and women’s brackets after the constant stream of weather delays at the French Open.

 

Men’s Bracket

Top seed Novak Djokovic ended Tuesday tied with Roberto Bautista Agut at one set apiece, though Djoker was finding his groove in the third set with a 4-1 advantage before play was halted. 

Christopher Clarey of the New York Times did jokingly point out that Djokovic may have been having some doubts early in the match with Agut given his history in this tournament:

“Do NOT think about 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015” – Djokovic internal dialogue

— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) May 31, 2016

For all the superhuman things Djokovic has done throughout his career, the clay at Roland Garros has proven to be his kryptonite. It’s the one grand slam tournament he’s never won, despite reaching the finals each of the previous two years.

Stan Wawrinka, who won the French Open last year by defeating Djokovic, has been helped by the rain delays. He battled early against Viktor Troicki in the fourth round before pulling away in the final two sets. 

Despite needing four sets to beat Troicki on Sunday, Wawrinka did sound confident about where he was at heading into the quarterfinals against Albert Ramos-Vinolas. 

“Although the match was rather long, I know that I didn’t expend any intellectual energy that much, because I was very serene. I was at peace with myself,” Wawrinka said, …

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