David Nalbandian delivered the final humiliating blow to Australia in their contentious Davis Cup quarterfinal, straight-setting Australia cornerstone
Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 on the Sydney grasscourts to put Argentina into the World Group semifinals.
Surprisingly it was the rock-like Hewitt who folded under the pressure to extend the Aussie's Davis Cup chances.
"I saw Lleyton was so nervous in the beginning that I changed a little bit my mind the way to play him," Nalbandian said. "I know that he was going to miss before me. I was surprised a lot."
In the dead rubber fifth singles,
Guillermo Coria defeated
Peter Luczak.
"We are feeling great. It was a really tough tie for us," said Argentine captain Alberto Mancini. "It was really a win for all the team. The players gave up a lot to be here and to play at this level. They had to think about Argentina and not for themselves and that paid a lot."
Argentine will travel to the Slovak Republic in September for the semifinals.
