Game Week 34 Results

  

Ladies and gents, I present to you Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek, this weeks winners and also the World No 1s of the ATP and WTA!  I think it's fair to say they both had a hell of a week!Novak continues to dominate the men's game despite the challenge from the latest "next gen" of Alcaraz, Rune and Sinner.  Despite not being 100% this week, he still managed to prevail in three sets against spirited competition in Griekspoor, Rune and Rublev and it was in fact an old foe that he was to face in the final in Grigor Dimitrov who had an excellent end to the season.  It was the same old story though as Novak saw off the Bulgarian in straight sets.  So its 7 Paris titles for Novak and a remarkable 40 ATP 1000 title.  It defies logic!  Novak hasn't quite secured the year end No 1 but it should be a formality.  Meanwhile Alcaraz will be looking to bounce back in Turin after a disappointing early exit in Paris to Safiullin,It was chaos at the WTA finals in Cancun. The tournament was already under fire from players and fans as construction of the facility on the local golf course was still going on at the very last minute.  Practice facilities were not available, the court wasn't up to standard and to cap it all the weather was awful which is apparently not unusual for Cancun at this time of year!To be fair to the players, they made the best of it and bravely battled on through the wind and rain, the dodgy bounces and numerous stoppages and the occasional DJ malfunction.  It didn't make for great tennis but an enthusiastic Mexican crowd kept them in good spirits. Pegula and Swiatek managed the conditions the best and both went unbeaten in the group stages.  Jess saw off Coco in the first semi final in another match that was affected by the weather with the 2nd semi final between Aryna and Iga rescheduled for the Sunday.Thankfully the weather had improved by the Sunday and it was Iga who took full advantage of the better conditions to show the very best of her tennis. It didn't really lend itself to an exciting semi final or final though as Iga swept aside Aryna in straight sets on Sunday and demolished poor Jess Pegula for the loss of 1 game on Monday.Iga has her number 1 spot back but she knows she will have a challenge to keep a hold of it next year.

Here is the game week leaderboard for Game Week 34.   Congrats to Aditya Sharma who claims his 2nd game week victory of the season and it seems fitting that one of the players who he has stayed loyal to throughout the year - Jess Pegula - played a large part in putting him on top of the pile this week. Although I should also point out that a player who he's not too fond of, played a crucial role in his team too from the dark horse position!

Aditya managed to get a very impressive  658 points which was 14 points more than his nearest challenger Spotec23 (Martin).  Aditya had Paris winner Djokovic as well as semi finalists Rublev and Tsitsipas as dark horse.  (How did Stefanos drop in value so much that he became a dark horse pick!?)  Aditya also had all 4 semi finalists in Cancun!  In addition, both Aditya and Martin made the inspired decision to bench Medvedev and Zverev this week. 

So its congrats to Aditya for an amazing week and to Martin for running him so close.  Adnan (Advantage Infinity), Christopher (Titanium Pigment) and Derek (Canuckaducks)  make up the top 5.