Qureshi and Bopanna started the second set strongly, as they engineered five break points but their opponents managed to salvage their position and won the second set 6-4. In the super tie-break, Monaco and Cuevas came up with magical serve returns and were soon cruising at 9-4, with five match-points in hand until Bopanna hit two big serves to make it 6-9. The next two points were well-returned by the IndoPak Express, who managed to bring the score back to 8-9. Qureshi then served big in the next two points to make it 10-9. The South Americans then took the next two points to make it 11-10 but Bopanna took the next two points on his serve to make it 12-11 and at 12-12 Qureshi came up with a great return winner to set up his team’s first match point on their serve at 13-12. The top Pakistani player missed his first serve but managed to hit an ace for the second serve, giving his team the win with a score of 7-6(8), 4-6, 14-12 in one hour and 35 minutes. IndoPak Express hit nine aces and two double faults while the South Americans hit one ace and one double fault. The winners took a total of 82 points while their opponents took 80 of total 162 points played. Qureshi and Bopanna will face the all-Spanish pair of Marc Lopez and Davis Marrero in the quarterfinals.
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