Britain's Kyle Edmund expects a "tough" match when he takes on Marin Cilic for a place in the Australian Open final on Thursday, but also believes it's a "great opportunity".
Edmund is getting a sense of the excitement his Australian Open run is causing back home but is keeping his focus firmly on his next opponent, Cilic.
The dangerous Croatian is through to the semi-finals for the second time in Melbourne after outlasting Rafael Nadal, who retired with a hip muscle problem in the fifth set of their clash.
The 29-year-old lost to Britain's Dan Evans in the Australian Open first round last season but is playing at a different level now and has not been beaten by a player ranked as low as world No 49 Edmund since then.
Edmund is looking to join select British company, with only Andy Murray and John Lloyd having reached the men's final in Melbourne in the Open era, while victory over Cilic would see Edmund surpass Murray as British No 1.
The pair have met once before, in Shanghai last October, when Cilic won in two tight sets.
Edmund said: "It's a shame that Rafa had a problem. For me either way it was going to be a tough match. The fact that I'm facing Marin, it will be a great opportunity for me.
"I guess I have that little bit of a taste of being on court with him. The place I'm in now is really good so, what I've been doing, I'll just try and carry on with that."
The 23-year-old Yorkshireman has emerged as a title-contender at Melbourne Park this fortnight, beating US Open finalist Kevin Anderson in the first round and third-seed Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals.
Edmund joked after his victory over Dimitrov that he now knows how Andy Murray feels after finding himself in the spotlight.
"The reaction has been amazing. But I'm really just trying to block that out because I'm still playing in the tournament. I have a really good chance, I'm playing well, it's going to be a great experience."
Edmund is not short of support in Australia, led by coach Fredrik Rosengren, who has been trying to help his charge deal with everything on and off the court.
The 57-year-old, one of the most experienced coaches in the business, said: "I think he realised more and more that his life changed. I hope he enjoys it a lot. This comes with the success.
"It will help him a lot with his self-esteem to improve as a person to handle all these things. He's a very down-to-earth, polite guy so I'm not expecting him running tomorrow and buying a Ferrari.
"He's not that kind of guy. He's very humble. But at the same time I think it's very good for his personality to have this feeling that he's so good in something."
Rosengren has been calling on his fellow Swede and former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson to hit with Edmund in practice and urging him to embrace the moment.
"Yesterday we had a great morning, laughing a lot," said Rosengren. "It was so relaxed, first time he was hitting on centre court, first time he's playing quarter-final, playing No 3 in the world, the way he handled it was unbelievable for me.
"But even if he'd have lost yesterday, I told him to go in there with the eyes [open], the chest out and try to enjoy, and I was so happy when I saw him walk on court. I said to him after, even if you had been killed yesterday, that was the first thing. This is something we work on - take the stage, be the man.
"Everything we talked about before the match, he did from the first point. I am the happiest guy because I am thinking about the future, not only this match."