New champs crowned at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells  Rafael
Nadal wins 3rd tournament title in past four outings
POSTED: 06:18 AM PDT Mar 18, 2013   
UPDATED: 09:00 AM PDT Mar 18, 2013  BNP Paribas Open Indian
Wells Tennis Garden  Rafael Nadal overcame a first-set loss to
defeat Juan Martin del Potro to win the men's final and Maria
Sharapova topped Caroline Wozniacki, 6-2, 6-2 in the women's
final of the BNP Paribas  Open.  Del Potro lost the first three
games, then won nine of the next 11.  Nadal won the final five
games of the second set and did not have his  serve broken in
the third set for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory at the Indian Wells 
Tennis Garden, increasing his winning streak to 14 matches and
record for 2013  to 17-1, the best start of his career.  "A lot
of things happened the last seven months, (so) to be back here 
and to have this very heavy trophy with me is amazing," said
Nadal, who returned to play in February after being sidelined
for seven months.   The victory was Nadal's 600th on the A