Tennis Elbow

Trash Generated at Tennis Elbow and you'd be forgiven for thinking it's as painful to play as its name suggests. But you'd be wrong. Very wrong. Despite the lack of visual appeal this is a surprisingly competent tennis simulation, one that offers an impressive line-up of features, including the ability to play on six different surfaces, all of which require a subtly different playing style.

You can choose to play either singles or doubles matches, or take part in one of the 125 tournaments on offer. There's also a ranking ladder and 300 Al-controlled opponents, who vary in ability and often return your shots with surprising intelligence. Unlike Tim Henman at present Despite the fact that some net rallies can degenerate into fly-swattingly farcical proportions, Tennis Elbow's attention to detail, atmospheric sound effects and simple control system (that's actually fairly tough to master) make it well worth the meagre outlay.