Casper Ruud vs Marcos Giron Preview & Prediction | 2025 Indian Wells Open (BNP Paribas Open) | Second Round

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Casper Ruud’s preparations were affected after being forced to withdraw from the Mexican Open due to a stomach bug so it will be interesting to see how the Norwegian goes in his first match against Marcos Giron at Indian Wells

Ranking points: ATP 1000

Start date/time: Friday 7th March, 2025: UK – not before 8:40pm / US ET – not before 3:40pm / US PT – not before 12:40pm

Venue:  Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells, USA

Surface: Outdoor hard

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

Tickets: Visit this link for the latest Casper Ruud vs Marcos Giron ticket information

Casper Ruud vs Marcos Giron Prediction

Casper Ruud is the fourth seed at Indian Wells and the Norwegian will be hoping he can find some form this week. His preparations for the tournament were dealt a blow after he was forced to withdraw from the Mexican open due to a stomach bug which was going round the dressing room. Ruud was not happy at all and it will be interesting to see how sharp he is especially early in this match.

He takes on Marcos Giron who has been playing some pretty good tennis in the last few weeks. The American reached the quarter finals in his last two events in Delray Beach and the Mexican Open.

Giron has some good momentum coming into this tournament and he did well to beat Nicoloz Basilashvili 7-5 7-6 in the first round.

Ruud and Giron have met three times before and Ruud leads the head-to-head 2-1. Ruud won the last of the three encounters which came last year 6-1 6-0 and all three meetings have been decided in straight sets regardless of who won the match. We can see the same thing happening here. If one player grabs control, we can see them wrapping it up quickly.

Casper Ruud vs Marcos Giron Tip: Under 23.5 total games