French Open 2016: Friday Roland Garros Schedule and Bracket Predictions

The semifinals are set at the French Open, with the top seed in both brackets and the top three seeds on the men’s side still in the running for the title.

Let’s take a look at the schedule and matchups below before breaking down the four contests on Friday:

The incredible run of Kiki Bertens continues. She’s eliminated No. 3 seed Angelique Kerber, No. 15 seed Madison Keys and No. 8 seed Timea Bacsinszky, among others, on her journey to the French Open semifinals against Serena Williams.

Is this where the fairytale ends?

History would suggest so.

Williams has won the only match between the pair at last year’s U.S. Open. Oh, and she’s also won 21 Grand Slams, including three French Open titles and two of the last three at Roland Garros. And while she’s had a relatively easy draw up to this point, she’s only dropped one set.

That lone set came against Yulia Putintseva in the quarterfinals on Thursday, when Putintseva won the first set and broke her in the first game of the second. That awoke the dragon, so to speak, and Williams came roaring back to win the next two sets.

“She played unbelievable,” Williams said of her opponent, per the Associated Press (via CBC Sports). “And I honestly didn’t think I was going to win that in the second set. Somehow I did.”

It was nothing unusual to watch Williams battle back, as Chris Fowler of ESPN noted:

For the 953rd time, #Serena battles back. Stubborn defending, very heavy conditions made her work hard for it. Semis tomorrow. #RG16

— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) June 2, 2016

Still, Williams showed she was vulnerable in the match. Bertens has played well enough to exploit that vulnerability if Williams isn’t on her game on Friday, though if the top …

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