Nadal set for Berrettini semi-final | Happiness won't depend on records

As Rafael Nadal prepares for his seventh Australian Open semi-final, he says his love of the game is a great driver and not the pursuit of overall records.

Nadal will take on Matteo Berrettini in the first semi-final on Friday before Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev meet in the other last-four match.

If the 35-year-old is successful and then wins the final, he would secure a 21st Grand Slam title and surpass the total won by both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Nadal only committed to compete in the Australian Open a couple of days before his flight, having doubted he would be back at all while he battled foot problems last season.

But, so far, he has been too good for all his opponents and again showed his determination and resilience to come through a five-set examination by Denis Shapovalov in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.

"I am just enjoying playing tennis," Nadal said, ahead of his semi-final against Berrettini.

"Of course, I want to keep winning, but more than because I want to achieve or I want to have more than the others, it's because I love what I am doing. I want to keep doing this as long as possible.

"In the last six months there have been a lot of doubts if I would be able to keep going, but now I feel good. We are in a position that we won a tournament, we are in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, so that's amazing for me.

"In terms of what can happen in the future, honestly I really don't care that much. I don't believe that my future happiness is going to depend on if I achieve one more Grand Slam than the others or if the others achieve more Grand Slams than me."

Nadal still wants this title, though, and he finds himself in the position that Djokovic has occupied so often recently of