Indian Wells Masters: Giron holds off former finalist Basilashvili

American Marcos Giron won against Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-5, 7-6 (3) to advance to the second round of the Indian Wells Masters in California on Wednesday.

Giron, ranked No 48, will play No 4 seed Casper Ruud next.

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other first-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.693.540, most recent results first):

• Mariano Navone vs. Learner Tien
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Quentin Halys vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Adam Walton
• Li Tu vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Nuno Borges
• Luciano Darderi vs. Hugo Gaston
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Gael Monfils
• David Goffin vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Matteo Gigante vs. Sebastian Baez
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Jakub Mensik
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Joao Fonseca
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Alexander Bublik vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Cameron Norrie vs. Luca Nardi
• Corentin Moutet vs. Jordan Thompson
• Zizou Bergs vs. Ethan Quinn: thursday
• Roman Safiullin beat Reilly Opelka (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Damir Dzumhur: wednesday
• Colton Smith (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Fabian Marozsan beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-3, 6-2
• Yunchaokete Bu beat Nishesh Basavareddy (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 0-6, 6-1
• Tristan Boyer (WC) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Alexandre Muller: 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Kei Nishikori beat Jaume Munar: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3)