Good week / Bad week: Domi, Andy & Milos

With the season drawing to a close, some players are finishing strong while others are limping off to the Maldives. And so the question is: who has had a week to remember and who has had a week to forget? This is Good Week / Bad Week.

Good week

Dominika Cibulkova: Admittedly, Domi Cibulkova’s week didn’t start out great, losing her opening two round robin matches in Singapore. But then everything changed. Cibulkova stormed into the WTA Finals final courtesy of a scoring quirk and went on to lift the bloomin’ trophy – the best bloomin’ trophy she’s ever lifted. Yep, a very good week indeed.

Gael Monfils: Everyone’s favourite tennis showman qualified for the ATP Finals without swinging a racquet (this week). After Thiem crashed out early in Vienna, Monfils secured his spot at the lucrative season finale in London. He’ll be a welcome addition to an event missing Roger and Rafa, and it’s just desserts for his best season on Tour (thus far).

Andy Murray: He’s inching closer. With a win in Vienna, Andy Murray is in position to claim the world No.1 at the Paris Masters next weekend. Admittedly, he needs results to go his way (him to win it, Djokovic not to make the final), but it’s not impossible that the Brit could go to London as the best player in the world.

An honourable mention to…
Mischa Zverev: What a run for one of the nicest men in tennis. After nearly quitting the Tour, Mischa Zverev is on fire again. A run through qualifying to the Basel semifinals has catapulted the German inside the world’s top 70.

Bad week

Milos Raonic: Talk about the wheels coming off. Since falling a whisker short at Wimbledon, Milos Raonic has struggled to buy a win. This week he fell at the first hurdle against world No.91 Ricardas Berankis. Next week it’s Paris and the week after London. Raonic needs to figure out a way to win some matches if he’s not going to go into 2017 with a cloud over his head…

Garbine Muguruza: Fortunately for Garbine this is probably the last week she’ll make it into the Bad Week column. Admittedly, it could have gone worse for her at the WTA Finals – she could have lost all of her matches. But it’s safe to say that the Spaniard has been a shadow of the big hitting star who won the French Open just a few months ago.

Dominic Thiem: You’re riding high, you’re on home soil, and you’re looking to qualify for the lucrative year-end championships. What happens? Viktor Troicki. The Serb downed the Austrian in Vienna, not only dashing hopes of a home victory, but potentially ending Thiem’s charge towards the ATP Finals.

Moment of the week

Not something you see everyday on a tennis court…