Australia’s Davis Cup team have produced a bravura display to whitewash Switzerland in a must-win tie and roar into the finals of the men’s “World Cup of tennis”.

Lleyton Hewitt’s team knew they would guarantee their tickets to the eight-team knock-out finals if they could beat the Swiss 3-0 in Saturday’s final group stage tie in Manchester – and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Alex de Minaur and the doubles pairing of Max Purcell and Matt Ebden duly obliged with scintillating performances.

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