Indian Wells 2025 Day 5 Recap

Sunday at Indian Wells noticed the highest half of the boys’s draw full their third-round matches. Stefanos Tsitsipas had the efficiency of the day by dispatching Matteo Berrettini in straight units to keep up his glorious kind since Dubai.

Daniil Medvedev is the highest-ranked participant left within the prime half, and he solely had half-hour on the courtroom, shifting by means of when Alex Michelsen retired attributable to sickness.

There have been additionally wins for Rune and Paul, however Musetti and Tiafoe have been the 2 highest-profile losers. The latter falls to the Japanese qualifier Watanuki.

Tallon Griekspoor additionally backed up his win over Sascha Zverev by ousting Mpetshi Perricard in straight units. I believed Perricard would win that one as often, there’s no less than one huge server who does effectively in Indian Wells however the Dutchman proved too stable.

Day 5 2025 BNP Paribas Open Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Tallon Griekspoor
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
7-6(3) 6-3

Yosuke Watanuki (Q)
Frances Tiafoe (16)
6-4 7-6(16)

Holger Rune (12)
Ugo Humbert (18)
5-7 6-4 7-5

Stefanos Tsitsipas (8)
Matteo Berrettini (28)
6-3 6-3

Marcos Giron
Alexei Popyrin (26)
5-7 6-3 6-3

Arthur Fils (20)
Lorenzo Musetti (15)
3-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Tommy Paul (10)
Cameron Norrie
6-3 7-5

Daniil Medvedev (5)
Alex Michelsen (31)
2-0 RET

Tsitsipas Maintains Kind

Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his latest stellar run of kind, easing previous Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday to increase his win streak to seven matches.

The eighth seed, who additionally defeated the Italian in Dubai final week, now leads their H2H 5-1 and clearly enjoys the matchup.

Tsitsipas gained 92% of his first-serve factors (22/24) and managed the rallies with a mixture of spin and variation on the sluggish Indian Wells courts.

You’d assume the situations would swimsuit his sport, however statistically, Indian Wells is the Greek’s worst Masters 1000 when it comes to % of matches gained (only a solitary quarter-final), however along with his new blacked-out racket (Babolat), he’s hitting the backhand extra freely and has received his confidence up.

The draw has additionally opened for him, so a superb run right here means the High 5 is within reach, which is an enormous turnaround contemplating he dropped out of the highest 10 final 12 months.

I’ve to concentrate on my serve, that’s the precedence. I’m pondering of how I’m going to carry serve, how I’m going to press the opponent. There’s an added bonus of holding simpler, you’ve extra time to concentrate on the return. Tstisipas on his ways

Watanuki Tops Tiafoe

Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki produced high-quality shotmaking en path to upsetting sixteenth seed Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 7-6(6). 

Watnuki landed 47 winners, together with 16 aces, to sentence Tiafoe to 5-5 for the season up to now. Curiously, Tiafoe’s former coach, Wayne Ferreira, with whom he had his finest outcomes, is now working with the Japanese expertise, guiding him to 5 wins in Indian Wells, together with an upset over Alexander Bublik.

After back-to-back High 20 victories, Watanuki now faces Tallon Griekspoor for a spot within the quarterfinals.

I’m speechless. I can’t discover my phrases however I’m so glad to be right here. I received injured final 12 months, so I’m glad simply to remain on the courtroom. Essentially the most [important] factor about me, generally I’m a bit of bit nervous, generally I’m feeling down with the mentality. We tried to determine that half. I attempt to get pleasure from extra, even once I miss. A winner is significantly better, however even the miss I get pleasure from. That was the sweetness right here for me right this moment. Watanuki on his win.

Different Matches of Notice

Holger Rune secured a gritty 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 victory over 18th seed Ugo Humbert to file considered one of his higher wins in latest occasions.

Arthur Fils additionally produced a powerful comeback towards Lorenzo Musetti, preventing off a match level at 5-6 within the second set to win 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3. This was his first Masters 1000 win over a High 20 participant. 

Daniil Medvedev superior to the fourth spherical after Alex Michelsen was pressured to retire simply 10 minutes into their match attributable to sickness. He’ll subsequent face tenth seed Tommy Paul, who defeated 2021 champion Cameron Norrie 6-3, 7-5 to assert his fiftieth ATP Masters 1000 win.

Day 5 Highlights

Indian Wells 2025 Day 6 Spherical of 32 Matches

Can Tsitsipas proceed his kind into the later rounds right here?