US Open Tennis 2015: Predicting Final Results for Sunday's Bracket

Tournament favourites Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will both take to the court on Sunday at the 2015 U.S. Open, with defending men's champion Marin Cilic also in action in Round 4. All three have played well so far during the last Grand Slam of the year and look like safe bets to qualify for the next round.

Djokovic has yet to drop a set through three matches and appears to be in sensational form, taking on Roberto Bautista Agut next. Meanwhile, Madison Keys looks like she will be among the very best in the sport very soon, but Williams is still in a class of her own.

As shared by the New York Times' Ben Rothenberg, Cilic's path to the semi-finals appears wide open thanks to the luck of the draw:

Here's a look at the full schedule for Sunday, along with full predictions:

Men's Fourth Round			Prediction
Women's Fourth Round			Pick
Marin Cilic (CRO) [9]	vs.	Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [27]	Cilic in 5
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1]	vs.	Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [23]	Djokovic in 3
Benoit Paire (FRA)	vs.	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [19]	Tsonga in 4
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [18]	vs.	Fabio Fognini (ITA) [32]	Lopez in 4
Venus Williams (USA) [23]	vs.	Anett Kontaveit (EST)	Williams in 2
Serena Williams (USA) [1]	vs.	Madison Keys (USA) [19]	Williams in 3
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	vs.	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [13]	Makarova in 2
Roberta Vinci (ITA)	vs.	Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) [25]	Vinci in 2

Preview

Agut qualified for the fourth round of this year's U.S. Open as the latest to take advantage of a retirement, with Belgium's David Goffin calling it a day in the third set. Goffin was actually leading by a set when he called it quits, and The Intercept's Andrew Jerell Jones was surprised he had managed to survive that long:

The 27-year-old has never made it out of the fourth round at a Grand Slam and shouldn't present any real difficulty for Djokovic, provided the Serb doesn't struggle with the conditions.

As reported by Live Tennis' Hannah Wilks, the Djoker didn't have it all his way in his win over Andreas Seppi on Friday, and he was just happy to get the match over with:

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Having said that Djokovic experienced turbulence against Seppi, he is still yet to drop a set. But things were a bit stickier against the Italian than they had been against Joao Souza and Andreas Haider-Maurer. Djokovic said he was struggling in the hot and humid conditions and felt dizzy during the first set, making 14 unforced errors and serving at only 56%, and he dropped serve twice during the match – including when he served for it at 5-4 in the third – after having not faced a break point during the first two rounds. 

“Obviously I didn't want to get into a fourth set. Didn't close out the match at 5-4,’ Djokovic said after the 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 victory. ‘He played a very good game. Got a little bit tight. Match could have gone either way. Again, I was focused in the right moments. I came up with some big serves, but generally was a really, really tough three sets. Just glad to get through this one.”

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With Kei Nishikori and Rafael Nadal already out of the tournament, Djokovic's road to the final also seems wide open. Agut has never troubled him in the past and looked sluggish during the first two sets against Goffin, a sign that he too has been troubled by the conditions.

The clash between Williams and Keys will be all about power, pitting the most dominant player in the women's game today against the emerging talent widely expected to take over that title in the near future.

Tennis writer Carole Bouchard is already salivating at the prospect of this match:

The 20-year-old Keys has enjoyed a fantastic breakout year, making the semi-finals in Australia and the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. She's been playing well at Flushing Meadows, and was last seen disposing of Agnieszka Radwanska in two short sets.

Keys has the raw power and athleticism to hang with the best of them and appears to be in sensational form. ESPN's Chris McKendry thinks Keys may have what it takes to shock the world No. 1:

Williams is still on schedule for a calendar Grand Slam, however, and it's hard to see any scenario in which the star of women's tennis allows such a huge honour to slip her grasp. In 2015, the only player who has been able to beat Williams is Williams, and if she keeps her composure on Sunday, that shouldn't change.

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