Robert Craddock
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Not many.
I reckon three.
Whereas when it was Nadal, I reckon you'd be 30 out of 50.
So, yeah, and it underlined to me the challenge that tennis has got.
And Pat Cash mentioned it the other day.
He said, look, the trouble is now young kids aren't β the game is shrinking at the lower levels because young kids β
They're lacking heroes in tennis.
They don't see them in Australia very often.
So the sport's got its challenges.
But it was a good final, a five-set final.
He'd failed in three previous Grand Slam finals and he got there.
But something tells me tennis has got some great challenges ahead.
And that's why Andrew Abdo, who's taking over as the boss of Tennis Australia, it's got challenges.
Still good fun, though.
I'm thinking that the very few teams ever enter a World Cup with as much sort of, I would love to enter a World Cup with the sort of positivity and lack of real huge pressure as Australia.
because they've got there, for goodness sakes.
All you've got to remind yourself is this.
Italy's missed the last three World Cups, and Australia's playing in this one.
So, yeah, and it underlined to me the challenge that tennis has got.
And, Gerard, here's the thing.