Aussies 負かす／撃墜する Czechs away in Davis Cup
Davis Cup legend Tony Roche believes a youthful Australian team can be 肩書を与える 競争相手s as 早期に as this year after Bernard Tomic 奮起させるd an impressive first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 勝利，勝つ over heavyweights Czech 共和国.
Australia, 28-time 支持する／優勝者s in the prestigious team 競争, 完全にするd a 3-2 World Group 勝利，勝つ over the 競争's 最高の，を越す seeds in Ostrava on Sunday to reach the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦 for the first time in almost a １０年間.
In-form Tomic won his second （テニスなどの）シングルス match of the indoor hardcourt tie, 敗北・負かすing Czech No.1 Lukas Rosol 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to give Wally Masur's 味方する an unassailable 3-1 lead, before Sam Groth fell to Jan Mertl 6-3 6-2 in a dead rubber.
Czech 共和国, 2012 and 2013 支持する／優勝者s, 不正に 行方不明になるd big guns Tomas Berdych (sitting out) and Radek Stepanek (負傷させるd), but Australia also had to 打ち勝つ the absence of their highest 階級d player, Nick Kyrgios (負傷させるd).
The teen sensation will return for a last-eight 会合 with surprise packets カザフ共和国, which Australia will host in July - likely on a grass 法廷，裁判所.
And with Tomic 追加するing to his impressive Davis Cup 再開する in Ostrava, 十代の少年少女 Thanasi Kokkinakis 収入 a surprise （テニスなどの）シングルス 勝利，勝つ on day one, and two-time 勝利者 and captain-in-waiting Lleyton Hewitt 追加するing invaluable experience in his final playing （選挙などの）運動をする, Australian team coach Roche feels the nation's glory days are about to be 回復するd.
Roche, a four-time Davis Cup 勝利者 whose 関与 in the 競争 stretches 支援する half a century, に例えるd the 出現 of Australia's new 旅団 to that which saw the likes of Pat Rafter, 示す Philippoussis and Hewitt 解除する the 肩書を与える in 1999.
"When John Newcombe and myself took over the team (in 1994), we had to start over from scratch and it did take us a few years to develop a good culture in the team," said Roche, a coach with the 現在の squad.
"But I think we're at that point 権利 now with these three guys.
"With Lleyton 存在 there as the 年上の 政治家, I can see us winning the Davis Cup in two or three years time, if not this year if we have a few matches at home."
Tomic and world No.133 Kokkinakis gave Australia a 2-0 lead with day-one （テニスなどの）シングルス 勝利，勝つs before Hewitt and Groth 苦しむd a five-始める，決める （テニスなどの）ダブルス 敗北・負かす on Saturday.
Kyrgios's 支援する 傷害 left Tomic shouldering much of the 責任／義務 in Ostrava and the world No.38 did not disappoint.
影響を受けない by the big occasion and the incessant blaring of Czech 派手に宣伝するs and horns, the laid 支援する 22-year-old 改善するd his Davis Cup （テニスなどの）シングルス 勝利，勝つ-loss 記録，記録的な／記録する to an impressive 14-2.
"It's 抱擁する. I've never been in a position like this, playing to get into a Davis Cup ４半期/4分の1-final and it's an amazing thing," said Tomic, who hasn't dropped a 始める，決める in his past three 関係 - all away from home.
Australia's 業績／成果 in the eastern Czech city 確実にするd a winning start to Masur's 一時的な 統治する as captain, with the retiring Hewitt to take the 役割 next year.
Masur's bold 賭事 to play 18-year-old Kokkinakis on day one paid off as the world No.133 （機の）カム from two 始める，決めるs 負かす／撃墜する to 敗北・負かす Rosol, before Tomic （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Vesely in straight 始める，決めるs.
カザフ共和国 （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Italy 3-2 in a thrilling tie in Astana on Sunday to reach the last eight.
Should Australia 打ち勝つ a squad featuring 最高の，を越す 100 players Mikhail Kukushkin and Andrey Golubev, they could 会合，会う Andy Murray's 広大な／多数の／重要な Britain or フラン in the 半分s.
Australia's last 外見 in the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦 was in 2006 when they （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Belarus before losing to Argentina in the last four.
