Andy Murray feels upbeat about his chances of performing well at Wimbledon following his excellent run in the French Open.
By his own high standards, Murray struggled during the early weeks of the clay court season before rediscovering some better form at Roland Garros in reaching the semi-finals.
Unfortunately for the world No 1, he was unable to overcome Stan Wawrinka who prevailed after five tough sets on Friday.
As the Swiss star prepares to face Rafael Nadal in the final, Murray heads home ahead of the grass court season.
Murray will now have a week to prepare for the defence of his title at Queen's Club, before turning his attention to Wimbledon where he will chase a third title at the All England Club.
Looking ahead to the next few weeks, the 30-year-old Scot said: "I played pretty well these last few matches.
"Even when you're playing well, you're not going to win every match you play, but I put myself in a position to reach a slam final, so I'm obviously playing pretty good.
"How close that is to my tennis from last year, I don't know. It's very difficult to say. Hopefully it gives me a good base to go into the grass court season.
"Often when I have done well on the clay, I feel like that's helped me a little bit on the grass. Certainly the matches are not as physical, so going through matches like I did (against Wawrinka) is a good step for me.
"I needed to spend a lot of time on the court and I had to work hard.
"I'll try to understand what worked well in this event and what worked well in the 10 days in the build-up and the practices, and make sure I continue to do that throughout the year, not make any mistakes with my preparation or my training, and hopefully I finish the year strong."
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