Rafael Nadal sees no reason to treat his Australian Open semi-final against another Next Gen star in Stefanos Tsitsipas differently to any other match.
The Spaniard eased into the last four at Melbourne Park - a stage at which he has lost just once, in 2008 - with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 success over the unseeded Frances Tiafoe on Rod Laver Arena.
And next up for the second seed is a meeting with Tiafoe's fellow Next Gen alumni Tsitsipas, who counts six-time champion Roger Federer among his scalps en route to a maiden grand slam semi-final.
But Nadal will not be changing his approach as he prepares for a 30th appearance in the last four of a major.
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"I play another match if they are the Next Gen or not," said the 17-time grand slam winner.
"For me what really matters is win the match and give myself a chance to be in the next round. That's the real feeling for me at this stage of my career.
"I know they are good. I know they will be fighting for the most important things during the next couple of years. I don't take it that way. I just take it like a difficult match against players that have a lot of energy. That's all.
"It's another match. It's a difficult match. I try to do my thing, do it well to try to give myself the chance to be through. It's a good challenge for me. I hope to be ready for it.
"I am playing well. I did a lot of things well during the week and a half. Let's see. I don't know, I can't predict what can happen.
"I am just going day by day and being very happy about the way things started for me. It's very positive the way that I am in the semi-finals. That's the only thing that I can say. Then I'm going to try to be ready for it."