Johanna Konta has cried tears during the build-up to Wimbledon - but over furniture rather than tennis.
The British No.1 will shoulder the burden of a level of expectation higher than ever before at SW19 after her ascent into the top 10.
And, with the women's game as wide open as at any time in living memory, Konta goes into Wimbledon as a legitimate title hope.
Not that the woman herself will engage in such talk, preferring to focus on the processes that have propelled her to unforeseen heights.
Konta's early exit from the French Open allowed her both to begin her grass preparations early and to continue making over the flat she bought in London at the end of last year.
Not that things have been going as smoothly on the home front as on court.
The 26-year-old told Press Association Sport: "I received my chest of drawers and my bedside table, which was very exciting.
"They dropped off my chest of drawers, I picked it up, I already broke it. It's funny now - at the time it was devastating. I called my dad, crying.
"Obviously I'm not around enough to make a massive stamp on things so furniture seems to be arriving roughly every two months.
"I'm really happy that I've completed all my major buys. I've got two beds, I've got a dining table and a sofa, so now it's just the little things.
"I've ordered a coffee table but I've got no lamps still so I need to work on lamps. But I'm enjoying it and it's really nice to have that base in London."
Konta's rise has been centred on a mental steeliness that has allowed her mostly to park her emotions in the locker room.
It has been a difficult time for Konta, with the death last November of her mental coach Juan Coto, but the British number one has not allowed grief to derail her progress.
Coto's methods and messages remain a key part of her armoury, and will be especially important with the spotlight shining brightly.
"The court size is the same, the lines are in the same place, the net's the same height so in terms of the game, the only change is the surface," said Konta, who won the biggest title of her career at the Miami Open in April.
"It's the same tour, the same challenges and competitiveness. I do notice the crowd but I think the British crowd are very respectful of all the players.
"There's a lot to look forward to and a lot to be excited about in this part of the season for me personally but for all the Brits as well, being at home for so many weeks in a row and then it all being capped off with Wimbledon."
Konta is the only British woman to have made the main draw directly, with Heather Watson having slid down the rankings to such an extent that she needed a wild card.
The 25-year-old lost in the first round of the warm-up tournaments in Nottingham and Birmingham but is happy with her form.
She said: "I feel like I'm striking the ball very well. It's just small things I think that will come together, and I feel like there's a run coming soon."
Laura Robson, who continues to make very slow progress back from the wrist problems that seriously derailed her career, Naomi Broady and Katie Boulter have also been given wild cards.
Kyle Edmund and Aljaz Bedene join Andy Murray in the men's main draw by right, while James Ward, Brydan Klein and 21-year-old Cameron Norrie are the British wild cards.
But Dan Evans misses out, the British number three provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Federation after testing positive for cocaine in April.
Last year he reached the third round at Wimbledon for the first time. This time he counts the cost of his mistake, saying: "I can only deeply apologise from the bottom of my heart."
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