( CNN ) -- Look out Novak Djokovic , Roger Federer and Andy Murray , Rafael Nadal is back -- and the numbers stacking up suggest he 's better than ever . After a seven-month injury layoff between July and February , the Spaniard has now won three titles since returning to the court following Sunday 's 4-6 6-3 6-4 defeat of Juan Martin del Potro in the final of the Indian Wells Masters . It was the 11-time grand slam winner 's 600th ATP Tour win -- Federer is the only other active player to have reached that figure -- and it helped Nadal notch up a record 22nd Masters 1000 title . The former world No . 1 's triumph over Argentine Del Potro at the hard-court event also took him to 17 wins and one defeat for 2013 -- his best ever start to a season . `` A lot of things happened in the last seven months , ( so ) to be back here and to have this very heavy trophy with me is amazing , '' the 26-year-old told the ATP Tour 's official website after his third win at the event . `` Beating three top 10 players and winning a title like this is just something unbelievable for me . I 'm very , very happy and very emotional . '' However after playing 18 matches in six weeks , the new world No . 4 has pulled out of next weekend 's Miami Masters , though he plans to return for April 's Monte Carlo Masters , where he will bid for a ninth successive triumph at the clay court event -- the Mallorcan 's favorite surface . `` When you have one comeback like I 'm having , you remember all the low things , lower moments that you had during those seven months , '' added Nadal . `` Hopefully I passed and can just remember all the people that really helped me a lot during all this time . '' Del Potro had beaten third seed Murray and world No.1 Djokovic to reach the final , but conceded he could n't match Nadal . `` I think Rafa deserved to win , '' said del Potro , who has lost eight of his 11 matches with Nadal . `` The last hour of the match , he played so solid and put me so far ( from ) the baseline and made winners . `` But I think I ( had ) a good tournament anyway , and Rafa played really well today in the second and third sets . He broke me early in the third . Playing against him when the score is down is tougher . I was fighting all the time but he won in the end . ''
Rafael Nadal wins Indian Wells Master by beating Juan Martin del Potro . The win at the California event is Nadal 's third tournament win of 2013 . The Spaniard was out for seven months between July and February . TL;DR