Player of the week - an early choice

He's only gone and done it! After years of causing me much anguish Tim Henman has finally worked his way into my good books by announcing his retirement next month . I'm so pleased that I am very generously naming him player of the week - no matter how well anybody else plays this week they will not be able to top this. Woo hoo!

Player of the Week

An easy choice this week. Who else could I pick but Novak Djokovic. Taking the scalps of Roddick, Nadal and Federer in one week is no mean feat, although we should've seen it coming. It feels as though the man has been around for a while the way he's seemingly effortlessly made his way up the rankings. In fact, it's only since Roland Garros last year that he's been making waves. I may have the rethink my US Open plan now.

Player of the Week

This week the grand title goes to John Isner. Ranked 416th when play started in Washington last Monday he beat Henman (yay!), Haas and Monfils on the way to the final against Roddick. Although he lost, Isner shouldn't be ashamed of the 4-6, 6-7 final score in his first tour final against one of the world's top players. One to watch for the US Open?

Player of the Week

Had anybody heard of Kei Nishkori before last week? Me neither, but to get to the quarter-finals of Indianapolis at the age of seventeen before even turning professional merits a the accolade of player of the week, at least.

Player of the Week

Another joint win. This time it's Nadia Petrova and Elena Vesnina for their doubles triumph in the Fed Cup yesterday against Venus Williams and doubles specialist Lisa Raymond. After Venus beat Anna Cakvetadze I was expecting a US win but was pleasantly surprised by the Russian duo. Well done!

Player of the week

Or I should say players - Bartoli and Federer. I couldn´t choose between Bartoli for doing so unexpectedly well (it´s a shame Pierce Brosnan wasn´t at the final - see my favourite quotes on the right) or Federer who equalled Bjorg´s record at by claiming his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title and fought off Nadal´s onslaught - I was hooked on the internet all yesterday afternoon and wished desperately for a TV throughout most of the match. Maybe next year.

Player of the Week

Another obvious one - Janko Tipsarevic - he's the only choice this week. Had the Roddick-Mathieu match not been rained off I may have plumped for the Frenchman instead (assuming victory for Mathieu) but this Serbian player has stood out most at Wimbledon so far.

Player of the Week

It's always tempting to go with Henin, but we'll wait and see if she finally gets her Wimbledon trophy first.

So my player of the week this week is Ivo Karlovic. He's also always so self-effacing ("To tell the truth I didn't really expect to win," said Karlovic. "I came here to play a few matches, I was the last player in the draw") that I do like to see him win.

Player of the week

It has to be Mahut for getting to the final at Queens. Having beaten Nadal on the way, he almost, almost beat Roddick in the final, and on grass too. He had me squealing at the livescore web page, egging him on. I shall be keeping an eye on him during Wimbledon.