Manacor again to show that recovering his best, and in a good game, the Czech won with relative comfort.
Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals of the move to the Cincinnati Masters 1000 (United States) to beat Czech Tomas Berdych, 6-4 and by 7-5.
Two sets and Nadal needed just over an hour and forty minute game to complete the group of four players who seek a place in the final.
The party could not the entire set, endured the pressure and got the advantage with a 5-6 game in favor after a full of great plays.
Despite the fact that Czech is not easy to put it, not Nadal threw the towel in no time and reached it to the semifinals with a 5-7 in the second set.
Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych fought for the eighth time, the last four with victory for Rafa. After this match, Nadal leads the series with a 5-3 in their favor, but is 3-2 in lower courts hard.
Manacor is the face in the semifinals Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, the fourth head of the series, who became a semifinalist in the 1000 Cincinnati Masters to beat in the quarterfinals at the French Gilles Simon, 6-4 and by 7-5.
In the other semifinal, Andy Murray, currently number two in the ranking, will face world number one against the Swiss Roger Federer. best start for the Majorcan, with a break in the first game and pressure the Czech minus many of its services, one of the strengths of Berdych.
In a demonstration of his best tennis and noting the level shown in the match against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, Nadal won the first set by 6 games to 4.
The Czech player started strong winning the second race the first game. Nadal was not intimidated and, despite going behind almost