Tennis-Finland stun US to reach Davis Cup quarters, Australia and Canada through

Tennis - Davis Cup - Finals - Serbia v Czech Republic - Pabellon Fuente de San Luis, Valencia, Spain - September 16, 2023 Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Nikola Cacic in action during their doubles match against Czech Republic's Adam Pavlasek and Tomas Machac REUTERS/Pablo Morano

SPLIT, Croatia (Reuters) - Underdogs Finland stunned 32-times champions the United States on Saturday to seal their place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the first time, while the Czech Republic, Canada and Australia all advanced.

Otto Virtanen got Finland off to a solid start by outlasting Mackenzie McDonald 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(7) before Emil Ruusuvuori sent Finland into the last eight from Group D with a hard-fought 7-6(1) 6-4 win over Tommy Paul in Split.