Davis Cup : Swiss Advance To World Group

Stanislas Wawrinka needed only four minutes Monday to complete a 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3 win over Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt and send Switzerland into the elite World Group at the Davis Cup next year.

Wawrinka led 5-3 in the fifth set Sunday when darkness suspended the 3-hour 58-minute match. On Monday, on a grass court at Royal Sydney Golf Club, Wawrinka broke Hewitt’s serve and the official match time became 4:02.

On Sunday, Roger Federer defeated Bernard Tomic 6-2, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 to pull Switzerland level at 2-2 after Australia won Saturday’s doubles and the teams split the opening singles on Friday.

Australia, which has won the Davis Cup 23 times, second only to the United States’ 32 titles, will spend a fifth year out of the top competition.

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