The powerful South Americans will face either Israel or Sweden in the last eight.

"Our goal is to win Davis Cup," said coach Alberto Mancini whose team can wrap up a tenth 5-0 whitewash from their last 11 home matches in Sunday's reverse singles.

Israel opened up a 2-1 lead in their tie after Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram beat Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 in Ramat Hasharon.

The other last eight tie will see Peru or Spain meet either Germany or South Korea.

Philipp Kohlschreiber and Philipp Petzschner put Germany into a 2-1 lead over the Koreans after a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 win over Jun Woong-Sun and An Jae-Sung.

Spain, without world No 2 Rafael Nadal, beat Peru 3-0 in Lima after Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco wrapped up the tie when they defeated Luis Horna and Ivan Miranda 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 7/4) in Saturday's doubles.

AFP

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