Robert Craddock

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.

Anything they do, if they make progress, if they make the second round, being the underdogs is just a beautiful place to be.

And Pat Cash mentioned it the other day.

He said, look, the trouble is now young kids aren't – the game is shrinking at the lower levels because young kids –

You think of the pressure on teams like Brazil and Argentina, where their every move will define their lives.

They're lacking heroes in tennis.

They don't see them in Australia very often.

In Australia, we think, hey, we're there.

And do you know what?

Let's just remind ourselves that Australia's ranked 27th in the world.

Turkey is 22.

The United States is 17.

But they're not outrageously ahead of us on the rankings.

Australia can pull off upsets here.

It's great.

I just think be free, boys.