Wimbledon may be continuing but for Alex de Minaur the grasscourt season is over and his focus is moving to hardcourts, the US Open, and end-of-year ATP Finals.
In particular the Australian No.1 knows he needs to pick up points to climb the rankings, without fixating on climbing the rankings, which he diagnosed as one of the causes of the burnout he felt after the French Open.
De MInaur assessed his grass campaign "as a tad disappointing", which is an understatement after a first round exit at Queen's and a fourth round loss to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. He won three matches, lost two.
Last year he won eight out of nine, winning the title at s'Hertogenbosch, which he declined to defend this year because he felt the need for a break after Roland Garros, and reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals before being forced to quit through injury.
Being drawn against seven-time winner Djokovic was unlucky, but only up to a point as his 11th-seeding left him vulnerable.
"I knew going into this tournament that there was a high chance I would be in a position like this," he said.
"I didn't take care of business pre-Wimbledon to guarantee myself a top-eight seed and be somewhat protected until the quarters. I had to play Novak fourth round.
"It's not the best of draws," he added ruefully.
De Minaur reached the last eight in New York last year but did not play any warm-up events due to the hip injury suffered at Wimbledon, so hopes to climb the rankings. Post-Wimbledon he will be down to 12th in the world, 10th in the ATP 2025 standings, a place lower in both in the unlikely event of Flavio Cobolli winning the Wimbledon title.
The top eight in the ATP rankings make November's Finals in Turin.
"The whole back end of the year I've got very little to defend," he said. "It's opportunity after opportunity for me.
"I'm hoping that the little bit of time off before (Wimbledon), a bit of time off after, I will put myself in a good position to finish the year strongly."
Back at Wimbledon Australian interest was further reduced after Cruz Hewitt was beaten 6-3 6-0 in the boys' singles second round.
But Rinky Hijikata reached the men's doubles semi-finals with Dutchman David Pel but faces the No.1 seeds. Olivia Gadecki is into the women's doubles last four with American Desirae Krawczyk.
