Rafa Nadal: "It is the mind that lets you do more"

After beating Fognini, and after learning that Kohlschreiber will rival in the semifinals, Rafael Nadal talks about how you are feeling at this week's Barcelona Open.

Rafael Nadal has said, after defeating Italian Fabio Fognini 6-2, 7-6 (1) and get the pass to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Trofeo Conde de Godo, the "mental strength" is one of the key is allowing him to make "fewer mistakes" in this stretch of the season. it will measure Kohlschreiber , who beat Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-1.

Spanish, first head of series , has thus broken a run of two years without getting the ticket to the penultimate round of the Barcelona Open, which has won eight times.

" It is the mind that lets you do more, either the forehand or backhand, not making mistakes, not giving away points and I am getting", he stressed after the Nadal match, who added that "hopefully I can continue like this because it is one of the bases of my game of life ". A " mental strength " today has allowed him to beat Fognini, the man who last year got off him in the second round of the Barcelona tournament.

"Fognini played very well, with you left and hit winners. I played a pretty good game , that could have been closed before, but to win two sets against an opponent as Fognini is always good news , " he added. In this sense, number five in the world rankings has recognized that in the second set, when the Italian has won four straight games, might have let slip the meeting.

"The feelings were not comparable to last year. If it had happened today what happened last year, I had entered anxiety , " he explained. Therefore, it has been shown very satisfied with a win against one of the "best players" on clay: " It is a very positive result against a very tough opponent , that the circumstances of the game could have been more favourable or unfavorable."

Tomorrow Nadal will face German Philipp Kohlschreiber with "Kohlschreiber plays more with the boat and its style is more like clay" he analyzed.

Thus, Nadal will enjoy semifinals in Godo - "I can not ask for more , " he enfatizado- and thanked the support of the center court at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in the game today. "I have enjoyed and support from the stands was very special for me. I am very happy for the win and play great tennis. Tomorrow is another day to have the opportunity to compete well again" he concluded.