After managing to hold serve Eichiro starts looking for an opportunity to break Miyagawa. Both hold serve and force a tiebreaker. With the score 6-5 Maruo in the tiebreaker Eichiro decides to try and gamble to use his full stroke and steal a point. The gamble backfires and Miyagawa evens the score 6-6. However Eichiro's gamble makes Miyagawa think too much during his serve. He falls victim to a double fault, giving Eichiro the match point opportunity on his serve. Seeing no other choice, Miyagawa makes a move to the net to catch Eichiro by surprise. However Eichiro's racket happens to be in the right spot for a return from short distance. Eichiro's miracle return gives him the tiebreaker 8-6 and the match 7-6. The crowd is shocked as the 5-seed has been knocked out.