# Tennis 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 24, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2017/778085 "2017-01-24T22:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2017/778085/122 "2017-10-20T03:14:09Z")
Huh - thought I’d never hear this coming from [Uncle Toni, himself.](http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/19/uncle-toni-insists-roger-federer-is-the-goat-not-rafael-nadal-7013179/) > [@](#): > > "I know few athletes who dominate his sport as much as Roger does. > > “Rafael is also up there but there are other players who are also among the best … if in a few years Rafa continues to play well, Federer retires and Rafa wins more Grand Slams and we will talk, but I think now the best is Roger.” ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2017/778085/123 "2017-10-20T11:19:11Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Huh - thought I’d never hear this coming from [Uncle Toni, himself.](http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/19/uncle-toni-insists-roger-federer-is-the-goat-not-rafael-nadal-7013179/) To be fair, I don’t think any of the big four have been anything other than totally realistic about comparing their own achievements v the rest. Given the opportunity to answer openly I’m pretty sure Rafa himself would say precisely this, as would Roger (If Rafa does happen to overtake him) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2017/778085/124 "2017-11-20T21:23:12Z")
Former Wimbledon Champion Jana Novotna has died of Cancer at age 49. a few years ago, she drove Martina Navratilova to her cancer treatments. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2017/778085/125 "2017-11-21T12:54:31Z")
Sharapova is in a bit of trouble in [India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/housing-fraud-fir-against-maria-sharapova/articleshow/61708432.cms). She fronted some housing development, and the investors’ money has disappeared into a black hole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2017/778085.md?page=6)