Tennis: Aussie Davis Cup whitewash

Australia completed a 5-0 whitewash of Belarus in their Davis Cup tennis quarter-final by winning yesterday's two dead singles matches in straight sets in Melbourne.

Wayne Arthurs defeated Sergui Tarasevitch 7-6, 6-2 and Chris Guccione completed the rout with a crushing 6-1, 6-3 win over Belarussian Davis Cup rookie Alexandr Zotov.

Australia will play defending champions Croatia or Argentina in September's semifinals. Argentina were leading Croatia 2-1 overnight.