By Julian Linden
Sydney - Argentina's David Nalbandian and Guillermo Coria both posted straight set wins on Sunday to secure a stunning 4-1 win over Australia in their bitterly-contested Davis Cup quarterfinal at the Olympic tennis centre.
Nalbandian demolished his arch-rival Lleyton Hewitt 6-2 6-4 6-4 to give the South Americans an unassailable 3-1 lead, before Coria rubbed more salt into Australia's wounds by defeating Peter Luczak 6-3 7-6 in the concluding dead rubber.
Argentina have never won the Davis Cup but are suddenly looming as one of the favourites this season after reaching the semifinals for the third time in the past four years.
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They will play either Slovakia or the Netherlands in September for a place in the final while Australia will have to go back the drawing board and start again in 2006.
"I can't believe this moment, this is great," Nalbandian said after being mobbed by his jubilant team mates.
"To beat Australia here, and on grass, for us that's amazing."
Australia's non-playing captain John Fitzgerald could not hide his disappointment but was full of praise for the South Americans.
"They're a strong side and in the end you've just got to give credit where credit's due," he said.
"They were just too good on the weekend, they had a team that were able to share the workload and of course, Nalbandian was quite outstanding."
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