Qureshi and US based Indian player Amritraj, up against Rameez Junaid of Australia and Philip Marx of Germany, came back from two sets to two down to build on a good first-round result.
The Indo-Pak pair clinched the five-setter 7-5, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 8-6 on day five of the Championships at the All England Club.
The marathon contest on court number 11 lasted four hours and 33 minutes, the pair’s second match to have stretched over three hours in the space of two days.
The second-round win is Qureshi’s best result at Wimbledon to date, having previously contested in the singles and doubles categories of tennis’s top tournament.
Qureshi and Prakash gained an early lead but their opponents clawed back in to the game to stretch it to four sets. The Australian and German pair overturned the advantage held by Qureshi and Prakash.
The Indo-Pak pair sent down 18 aces and 46 winners against their opponents, with an aggregate first-serve percentage of 80 per cent.
In the third round, they will face renowned Indian player Mahesh Bhupati, who is paired with Mark Knowles of the Bahamas. —APP
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