Samantha Stosur admitted to having one eye on the bigger challenges that may lie ahead at the French Open after strolling effortlessly through the first round.
But the world No.9 is not about to get carried away despite a near-flawless opening performance against Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm.
After all, you learn a thing or two playing in 40 grand slams.
Stosur blasted her way into the second round with a 6-0 6-2 win over 42-year-old Date-Krumm, the third-oldest woman ever to play in the French Open.
The Australian will be favoured to keep her run going against Kristina Mladenovic on Thursday, though the 46th-ranked Frenchwoman could prove a tricky opponent based on her 6-0 7-5 win over American Lauren Davis on Tuesday.
After that, though, things would start to get serious for Stosur.
She could face a dangerous third round opponent in former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic, then possibly world No.7 Petra Kvitova, a player she only beat for the first time at the Rome Masters two weeks ago.
Former champion Maria Sharapova would likely then await in the quarter-finals.
“I don’t shy away from the draw,” Stosur said after the win.
“I don’t say `don’t tell me’. You always find out eventually.
“But I’m certainly not looking ahead of the next match.
“I think I have played enough tournaments to know you can’t look at the draw and pencil yourself into a final and think it’s going to go the way you think it’s going to go or want it to go.”
With an impressive display of power and precision, Stosur became the second Australian through to round two, joining teenager Nick Kyrgios who staged an upset win over Radek Stepanek in the men’s singles.
Bernard Tomic joined Lleyton Hewitt, Marinko Matosevic and James Duckworth in bowing out in the first round after retiring hurt while trailing by two sets to Romanian Victor Hanescu.
Tomic tore a muscle in his right leg early in the match but is confident the problem won’t derail his build-up to next month’s Wimbledon.
“I’m going to try as much as I can to recover,” he said.
“I’ve got grass coming up, and it’s going to be important for me to feel 100 per cent to play on my favorite surface.”
A delayed start and further rain delays prevented Ashleigh Barty commencing her campaign, with her first round match against Lucie Hradecka re-scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Kyrgios, 18, faces the biggest match of his life against world No.10 Marin Cilic, also on Wednesday.