French Open 2015: Matches and TV schedule for Thursday at Roland Garros

Both the men’s and women’s brackets at the 2015 French Open have been narrowed down to the final four, with Wednesday’s quarterfinals sending Serena Williams, Timea Bacsinszky, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray through to the semifinals. On Thursday, Williams and Bacsinszky will be in action alongside Ana Ivanovic and Lucie Safarova for the women’s semifinals, with the four men to play on Friday.

Williams, the top seed in the tournament and No. 1 player in the world, is coming off a dominant victory over No. 17 Sara Errani. Williams struggled in her previous two outings against Victoria Azarenka and Sloane Stephens, but she took Errani down without issue, 6-1, 6-3. Her next opponent, Bacsinszky, bested unseeded Alison Van Uytvanck in her quarterfinal matchup. Although Williams will be the clear favorite over No. 23 seed Bacsinszky, it should be an entertaining matchup.

The other semifinal will feature seventh-seeded Ivanovic up against Safarova, the No. 13 seed. Ivanovic and Safarova both handled their seeded opponents -- Elina Svitolina for Ivanovic, Garbine Muguruza for Safarova -- in the quarterfinals. Safarova has the bigger win in this tournament, however, taking down No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova in the fourth round. Ivanovic, to her credit, bested No. 9 seed Ekaterina Makarova in the same round.

Thursday will also feature the mixed doubles final and the men’s doubles semifinals. The matchup between Ivanovic and Safarova will be on first, beginning at 9 a.m. ET with the television broadcast being carried by ESPN2. The other matchup, Williams vs. Bacsinszky, will also be on the main court following the first semifinal match. NBC will also have television coverage, beginning at 11 a.m. Live streams can be found at WatchESPN and NBC Live Extra.

No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 23 Timea Bacsinszky
No. 7 Ana Ivanovic vs. No. 13 Lucie Safarova

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