Tennis: Australia clinches Davis Cup tie against China

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Tennis: Australia clinches Davis Cup tie against China

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Australia were in a comfortable position going into Saturday's match.

11 February,2012 10:21 am

Australia on Saturday took an unbeatable 3-0 lead in their best-of-five Davis Cup tie against China after Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione claimed a straight sets doubles victory.Davis Cup veteran Hewitt and Guccione did not drop a service game in their 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over Chinas Zhang Ze and Li Zhe.Australia were in a comfortable position going into Saturdays match after Hewitt beat Chinas best ranked male player Zhang Ze and Tomic bested rising youngster Wu Di in their singles matches on Friday.The reverse singles games to be played on Sunday will be best-of-three sets.