"Being ranked around 50 is not a big deal": Teenage sensation Fruhvirtova searches for further progress despite remarkable Indian Wells exit

Linda Fruhvirtova had a painful exit from the Indian Wells Masters throwing away a 5-2 lead and failing to convert a match point against Kalinin but she's looking for more.

The Czech player played really well to solidify her status as a rising star in tennis but she's looking for more. She is set to break into the top 50 for the first time in her career but she personally doesn't find that anything special. Her aims are far bigger than that and she has the talent to get there:

"To be honest I didn’t think of the Australian Open as a big deal, or to be ranked around 50 is a big deal because it’s not where I want to go. I want to go further. Of course, it was a great success but I want to keep improving. This is not where I want to stop, I want to keep going higher, so that’s my mindset that there’s still a long way to go."

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Speaking more, the youngster added:

"It was still a really good success for me at the US Open but I definitely felt like I could do more. I learned my lessons from that match and I also saw what I had to improve. How was her level, the speed of her shots, the power. It was definitely good for me to see and to feel, because one thing is watching on TV and the other thing is playing the opponent in these stadiums."