After a little more searching I found the solution here:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Legal_names.html

ysql> CREATE TABLE "test" (col INT);
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax. (...)
mysql> SET sql_mode='ANSI_QUOTES';
mysql> CREATE TABLE "test" (col INT);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Thanks for your help.