Bluffing, Nadal reaches the semi-finals in Bastad!

Is this player really 38? Is he really trying to make yet another comeback from injury? Is he really sure he wants to stop at the end of the year?

Rafael Nadal once again showed his fighting spirit and self-sacrifice on Friday.

Playing against 23-year-old surface specialist Mariano Navone, the Spaniard qualified for the semi-finals of the ATP 250 Bastad tournament after almost 4 hours of battle (6-7, 7-5, 7-5 in 3h59).

Faced with an Argentinian who was very much in his element and played his game as he knew how, Nadal alternated between the very good and the much more shaky, but in the end it was he who came out on top, mentally.

Bluffing, he will face Duje Ajdukovic (130th and a qualifier) this Saturday for a place in the final.