French Open 2014: Schedule and Bracket Predictions for Day 6 at Roland Garros

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Published: May 30, 2014

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After almost an entire week featuring high-profile upsets across both the men's and women's bracket at the 2014 French Open, things calmed down a bit on Day 5.

Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Andy Murray each advanced for the men. Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic and Sara Errani had no issues on the women's side. No. 21 Kirsten Flipkens and No. 26 Feliciano Lopez were the biggest upsets in the women's and men's brackets, respectively.

And the organizers at Roland Garros breathed a huge sigh of relief.

While unpredictability is fun in theory, the practice is stressful. Tennis is entirely a star-dependent sport. We like the idea of Serena Williams losing until it actually happens. The collective thought process goes from "oh, this is fun" to "umm...what do we do for the next two weeks?" That's not an insult to the players remaining, just a pitfall of every individual sport. Do you think U.S. Open organizers threw a party when Tiger Woods announced he was withdrawing from the event?

Variety is the best flavor; Wimbledon tasted like an earwax jellybean.

With that in mind, let's check in on the singles matchups from Day 6 and make some predictions about how things will shake out.  



Djokovic, Federer Continue Rolling Toward Inevitable Semifinals Clash



The luck of the draw is fickle. Most gave Maria Sharapova a negative-infinity chance to win in Paris when she was thrown in the same bracket as Serena Williams. Sharapova might be the favorite to win the whole shebang with Williams eliminated. 

Same goes for those who saw Stan Wawrinka as a threat to Nadal's crown. Wawrinka's and other upsets ensured Nadal won't face a ranked opponent until at least the quarterfinals—if not the semis. It's funny how things work.

Mostly holding to form is the bottom half of the men's bracket, where Novak Djoko...
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