Happy for Masha & Delpo!

Today was the last day of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA. This joint (men & women) tennis tournament is one of the most important non-grand slam tournaments. It has many ranking points and good prize money for winners & finalists as well. For yours truly, this tournament has been a fun experience both times. RSG went to this tournament the past two years, and this year's tournament was going to be quite difficult to attend. Nonetheless, it was great to see Maria Sharapova win the title on the WTA side. It was good to see Juan Martin Del Potro get the runner up trophy in the ATP side. During his six matches, Del Potro beat two of the top four players (Andy Murray & Novak Djokovic). Yet he could not beat the eventual champion, Rafael Nadal. Sharapova beat Wozniacki in the final today. Maria hit 33 winners to only two for Wozniacki. Sharapova has a few nicknames, and one common moniker is Masha. Juan Martin's common moniker is Delpo. Finally, Sharapova will move up in the rankings from #3 to #2 in the new WTA rankings. Del Potro may stay at #7, but he played like he was in the top 5 this past week. Go Delpo!