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Summary Australia advances to the second round of Asia/Oceania qualifiers .
Australia completed a 5-0 whitewash of China in the Davis Cup Sunday with straight sets victories for Chris Guccione and Matthew Ebden.Guccione downed Wu Di 6-2, 6-4 in a best-of-three rubber and Davis Cup debutant Ebden beat Ma Yanan 6-4, 6-2 in his reverse singles match.Australia went into Sunday with a tie-winning 3-0 lead after Guccione and Davis Cup veteran Lleyton Hewitt won Saturdays doubles clash with Li Zhe and Zhang Ze -- Chinas best-ranked male player -- in straight sets.Hewitt had already downed Zhang Ze in Fridays opening singles while rising Australian talent Bernard Tomic overcame youngster Wu Di.Australia now advances to the second round of Asia/Oceania qualifiers, where they will battle South Korea for a place in the World Group playoffs.
