French Open 2016: Saturday Roland Garros Schedule and Bracket Predictions

It hasn’t always been pretty for Serena Williams, but the world No. 1 will compete in her 27th Grand Slam final Saturday afternoon at Roland Garros when she squares off against Garbine Muguruza for a French Open title. 

Williams clinched her spot in the final Friday with a 7-6(7), 6-4 win over the pesky Kiki Bertens, while Muguruza waltzed into championship play by virtue of her 6-2, 6-4 win over Samantha Stosur.

Title play will get underway at 9 a.m. ET (3 p.m. local time) and can be viewed on NBC. A complete schedule for Saturday’s proceedings is available at the tournament’s official website. 

On Sunday, No. 1 Novak Djokovic will meet No. 2 Andy Murray for the men’s crown. 

 

Saturday Preview and Prediction

Williams hasn’t look quite right over her last two matches, and the scores prove it. Before she dispatched Bertens after battling through a rough-and-tumble tiebreak in the first set, Williams needed three sets to take care of Yulia Putintseva in the quarterfinals. 

As it turns out, the prohibitive favorite admitted Friday that she’s nursing an adductor injury as she seeks to capture consecutive French Open titles, according to the New York Times’ Ben Rothenberg: 

Serena Williams begrudgingly acknowledged her injury issues, as leaked by Marion …

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