Samantha Stosur is taking a quality-over-quantity mentality out of her brief build-up to Wimbledon.
Stosur’s competition preparations for the grass-court grand slam ended with a 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 defeat to Czech Lucie Safarova at the event in Eastbourne on Wednesday.
It means the Australian world No.14 will head into the biggest event of the year with only two warm-up matches on grass, her least-favoured surface.
Despite being disappointed with a second-round exit, Stosur was satisfied with a performance that also featured an impressive first-round defeat of eighth seed Nadia Petrova.
“I think a lot comes down to the way you feel on court and after playing these last couple of matches and the week that I’ve had, I feel pretty good,” Stosur told AAP.
“So I don’t expect that to change with practising in the next few days.
“Hopefully now I’ll just keep working on the things I need to keep getting better at and I’ll be as ready as I can be for Wimbledon.”
With the bulk of her success earned on clay and hard courts, Stosur has struggled to make an impact at Wimbledon.
The fact she’s never progressed past the third round means she feels significantly less pressure than at the French Open, where she’s been a finalist, or the US Open, where she won the 2011 title.
“There is probably not that expectation here,” Stosur said.
“But I’ve still got to just try and play each point and each match as it comes and hopefully I can play a few of them.”
Stosur was named as 14th seed for Wimbledon on Wednesday after dropping out of the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time in more than three years with her third-round exit a Roland Garros.