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 take care of his glorious kind since Dubai.
Daniil Medvedev is the highest-ranked participant left within the high half, and he solely had half-hour on the court docket, shifting by when Alex Michelsen retired on account of sickness.
There have been additionally wins for Rune and Paul, however Musetti and Tiafoe had 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 assumed Perricard would win that one as often, there’s not less than one huge server who does properly in Indian Wells however the Dutchman proved too strong.
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 received 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 go well with his sport, however statistically, Indian Wells is the Greek’s worst Masters 1000 by way of % of matches received (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 run right here means the Prime 5 is nearby, which is an enormous turnaround contemplating he dropped out of the highest 10 final 12 months.
I’ve to give attention to my serve, that’s the precedence. I’m considering 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 could have extra time to give attention to the return. Tstisipas on his techniques
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 to this point. Curiously, Tiafoe’s former coach, Wayne Ferreira, with whom he had his greatest 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 Prime 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 joyful to be right here. I received injured final 12 months, so I’m joyful simply to remain on the court docket. Essentially the most [important] factor about me, generally I’m a little bit bit nervous, generally I’m feeling down with the mentality. We tried to determine that half. I attempt to take pleasure in extra, even once I miss. A winner is a lot better, however even the miss I take pleasure in. That was the sweetness right here for me in the present day. Watanuki on his win.
Different Matches of Be aware

Holger Rune secured a gritty 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 victory over 18th seed Ugo Humbert to file one in every of his higher wins in latest occasions.
Arthur Fils additionally produced a formidable comeback in opposition to Lorenzo Musetti, combating 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 Prime 20 participant.
Daniil Medvedev superior to the fourth spherical after Alex Michelsen was compelled to retire simply 10 minutes into their match on account of 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

Matteo Arnaldi vs Brandon Nakashima (32)
Karen Khachanov (22) vs Ben Shelton (11)
Jack Draper (13) vs Jenson Brooksby (PR)
Alejandro Tabilo (30) vs Taylor Fritz (3)
Botic van de Zandschulp (LL) vs Francisco Cerundolo (25)
Hubert Hurkacz (21) vs Alex de Minaur (9)
Grigor Dimitrov (14) vs Gael Monfils
Denis Shapovalov (27) vs Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Can Tsitsipas proceed his kind into the later rounds right here?