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Australia ended the surprise run of Finland to reach the Davis Cup final for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

Finland defeated Croatia and the USA in the group stage in September to qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time and then upset defending champions Canada on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Backed by thousands of fans in Malaga thanks to a sizeable local population of ex-pats, they hoped to continue the fairytale but found Australia too strong.<\/p>\n

Otto Virtanen, ranked 171, had been the unlikely star of their run but he was beaten 7-6 (5) 6-2 by Alexei Popyrin, a late call-up to the Australia team and picked ahead of Jordan Thompson, in the opening match.<\/p>\n

It was a first victory in a live rubber for the 24-year-old, who said: \u201cIt\u2019s nerves that I have never experienced before in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Finns were boosted by the return of their number one Emil Ruusuvuori from a shoulder injury but he was unable to capitalise on a good start against world number 12 Alex De Minaur and went down 6-4 6-3.<\/p>\n

Australia will now try to go one better than last year\u2019s 2-0 loss to Canada when they take on either Serbia or Italy in the final.<\/p>\n

It is a 49th Davis Cup final for Australia but they have not lifted the trophy since 2003.<\/p>\n

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