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Somdev shocked Belgium`s Malisse 6-1 3-6 7-6(5) in his third round match in the USD 3,64,500 hard court tournament.
It will be Somdev`s second big match of his life after playing against multiple Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in Dubai last month.
Nadal beat American qualifier Ryan Sweeting 6-3 6-1 to move to the pre-quarterfinals and then delayed his post match interview to watch the final set tie-breaker of the Somdev-Mailsse match.
Somdev broke Malisee` serve twice and dropped his own once apart from saving a breakpoint en route to the win.