In her latest Wimbledon file BBC Sport expert Naomi Broady - a erstwhile top-60 subordinate connected nan WTA Tour - analyses nan performances of nan starring British singles players and what they tin learn.
It is nary concealed that British players often consciousness a batch of unit astatine Wimbledon.
As I good cognize from my appearances here, you tin consciousness a desperation to execute good because it is nan portion of nan twelvemonth erstwhile a batch of nan non-tennis-watching British nationalist watch our awesome sport.
The large tennis fans watch nan full twelvemonth round, but those who don't shape beardown opinions from what they spot astatine Wimbledon.
You want to show really bully you tin be.
Now each of nan 23 Britons are retired of nan Wimbledon singles, let's analyse really 5 of nan starring names fared.
Jack Draper - early exit but has crippled for grass
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Draper, 23, has ne'er gone beyond nan 2nd information successful 4 Wimbledon appearances
How acold he went: Suffered a second-round exit, losing to 2017 finalist Marin Cilic.
What we learned: Draper still needs a small much clip to create connected nan grass.
Coming into Wimbledon, each nan talk was astir whether nan British men's number 1 was a contender - he was.
That is not an unfair connection to make. It would person been disrespectful if he was not put successful that bracket seeing arsenic he is classed 4th successful nan world pinch a large left-handed service and a large game, positive he was inferior runner-up successful 2018.
He could not person had a worse draw, though. It was tricky from nan commencement and to play personification pinch nan service of Cilic connected this aboveground is incredibly bad luck.
What he tin return going forward: The play wide has not gone really Draper would person expected - but successful a bully way.
Winning Indian Wells connected a difficult court, past reaching nan Madrid Open last connected clay, showed nan level we person agelong known he had.
His crippled tin people fresh connected grass, but it is reliable to expect what we person seen connected different surfaces to hap instantly connected grass.
Given really short nan play is, galore group consciousness rather unsettled astatine Wimbledon.
Draper wanted to bring that return position backmost person to nan baseline. He was fierce astatine Queens; we saw him coming guardant more. That will use his crippled successful nan future.
Emma Raducanu - showed she tin return to apical 10
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Raducanu, classed 40th successful nan world, reached a career-high 10th successful nan world aft her 2021 US Open triumph
How acold she went: Pushed world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka earlier losing their third-round match.
What we learned: For Raducanu, it was an unthinkable tournament.
Coming into nan tournament, she had regained nan British women's number 1 ranking and produced immoderate of her champion tennis, beating 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova and playing moreover amended erstwhile she went toe-to-toe pinch Sabalenka successful a constrictive defeat.
Although Vondrousova is 1 of nan fewer players to triumph a grass-court tourney this season, Raducanu pushing Sabalenka was nan astir impressive.
I almost felt nan victor of Raducanu-Sabalenka could beryllium nan victor of nan title because nan value of nan tennis was immoderate of nan champion we person seen successful nan women's tournament.
What she tin return going forward: The knowledge she has nan crippled to problem nan best.
Sabalenka said successful her Centre Court question and reply that she thought Raducanu would beryllium backmost successful nan apical 10 soon - I don't deliberation that was simply a platitude to get nan crowd connected her side.
Everyone successful nan locker room knows really bully Raducanu's crippled is. They tin consciousness nan spot of her shots.
I work together pinch Sabalenka - she will beryllium backmost successful nan apical 10 soon.
Katie Boulter - slipped connected banana skin
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Boulter, who will reclaim nan British number 1 spot from Raducanu adjacent week, has not reached nan 2nd week of a major
How acold she went: Knocked retired successful nan 2nd information pinch a shock loss to Argentine qualifier Solana Sierra.
What we learned: Boulter came done a reliable first-round tie against ninth seed Paula Badosa, but faced a banana tegument adjacent successful Sierra.
Playing against personification who has thing to suffer and has won truthful galore matches done qualifying - they are floating done nan air, emotion ray and hitting nan shot good - is really tough.
If you had a ranking by surface, Boulter would beryllium 1 of nan champion players successful nan world connected grass.
She thrives connected this aboveground and cipher is much gutted than her astatine losing.
What she tin return going forward: Boulter tin still scope nan 2nd week of a Grand Slam for nan first time.
Her activity has vastly improved and truthful has her mentality - she is digging successful and I don't deliberation she has imposter syndrome arsenic her ranking has moved up.
Her champion results will travel connected nan quick, difficult courts, truthful possibly it is simply a US Open - wherever nan balls beryllium up and she tin get connected apical of it, and her service will still beryllium effective - aliases connected nan grass.
So overmuch of it comes to luck of nan tie - if you are seeded and tin debar nan large names and personification emotion good.
Sonay Kartal - became a crowd favourite
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Kartal, 23, was classed 298th successful nan world erstwhile she played Wimbledon past year; she will emergence into nan apical 50 adjacent week
How acold she went: Reached nan 4th information for nan first clip earlier losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
What we learned: While Kartal says clay is her favourite surface, I americium not amazed to spot her do good connected grass.
In nan women's crippled you often spot nan players who for illustration nan clay do good connected nan writer because some surfaces respond good to spin, albeit other types of spin.
The players who bask dense top-spin connected their forehands - for illustration Kartal - often besides bask hitting their portion backhands.
You tin look astatine Jasmine Paolini and Ons Jabeur, who person some reached Wimbledon finals successful caller years, arsenic bully examples of players who for illustration assortment and thin into their rotation much connected nan grass.
What she tin return going forward: There is still room for improvement.
When you look astatine nan caller women who person reached nan apical 10, you deliberation 'why couldn't Kartal do that?'
She is specified a sponge. That is why she is moving quickly done nan rankings. She is capable to beryllium crisp to nan gait of nan shot and nan alteration of strength arsenic she starts to play women classed astatine nan top.
This twelvemonth she has a awesome opportunity to capitalise connected group not knowing nan ins and outs of her crippled yet.
If she tin enactment 1 measurement up erstwhile nan girls commencement to find retired those weaknesses, and really to counteract that, past she tin spell overmuch higher.
Cameron Norrie - regaining assurance tin person trampoline effect
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Norrie, 29, will climb backmost into nan world's apical 50 aft reaching nan quarter-finals
How acold he went: Made nan quarter-finals but came unstuck against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.
What we learned: Norrie has struggled pinch his shape but I emotion really he stayed pinch his squad erstwhile he was going done a unsmooth patch.
So galore group would constituent fingers, looking for an easy fix, alternatively of taking accountability.
Keeping that accordant squad shows his mindset and has been a large portion of his recovery.
His level has skyrocketed backmost to wherever it was and, though Alcaraz was a trim above, Norrie will beryllium proud of proving he tin still spell heavy astatine nan Slams.
What he tin return going forward: Even much belief from his runs astatine nan French Open and Wimbledon.
He will ever person assurance successful his physicality - it is his breadstuff and butter. Now nan assurance is coming backmost into his shots, he tin jump backmost up really quickly.
His crippled suits difficult tribunal much than writer - we saw that erstwhile he won Indian Wells successful 2021 - and this tally could person a trampoline effect for him.