• Good results in challengers may seal place in top 250
• British captain hopes Andy Murray will play next season
Dan Evans has set his sights on earning a Wimbledon wild card after giving another glimpse of his potential in the Davis Cup defeat by Belgium at the weekend.
Britain were underdogs for the Europe/Africa Zone Group I tie and the 4-1 defeat in Glasgow was no surprise but Josh Goodall and Evans were far from disgraced against much higher-ranked opponents in the singles.
At 253 in the world Goodall was giving away at least 100 places to all four of Belgium's team while for Evans, ranked 344th, it was 200 places.
But anyone who saw the 21-year-old's display against Olivier Rochus on Friday, or his performances in winning the tie against Slovakia in February, would have been left wondering how Evans has not had more success.
The Birmingham player's talent had never been in question, and those who work with him insist a once-suspect attitude is no longer a problem.
Evans begins his quest for a ranking that should earn a Wimbledon wild card at a Challenger in Naples in a fortnight, the start of a five-week block on clay, and he hopes that will see him heading in the right direction.
He said: "I'm going to try and get going again and get a bit of momentum going on to the grass. Hopefully I can bring Friday's form into my individual performances.
"I'd love to be top 250 for Wimbledon. I have high hopes of making the main draw. I have a little say in it with my performances leading up to it but if my ranking's not where it should be then I don't deserve a wild card.
"I've got to do what I've been doing of late and I think my ranking will take care of itself. If I'm winning matches in the tournaments I'm going to be playing then my ranking's going to go up pretty quickly, and that's what I plan to do."
Davis Cup captain Leon Smith, who is also the head of men's and women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association, has made no secret of his dissatisfaction with the depth of quality in the men's game in Britain, but he backed Evans to get it right.
"Although the results aren't there, I can see what he's doing every day," said Smith. "He's playing high-quality tennis, he's with a very good coach, and he wants it.
"He's chosen a very challenging schedule, getting out of his comfort zone, going on a long clay-court season. He's playing in big Challengers, ATP qualifiers and keeping trying to find a level that he can get to.
"The result against Belgium meant Britain's hopes of a World Group play-off were dashed and they will be back in round-one action in Group I next spring.
Smith will be hoping Andy Murray makes himself available for that tie, and he believes that prospect should inspire his team-mates in the meantime.
The Scot said: "I'll just keep talking to Andy. We need to keep really good dialogue going. We can all do a job in motivating him to play as well.
"The fact there's been some great performances, the fact we're in a good division, and if all the guys can keep improving that's going to motivate Andy to play as well. He wants to be in a strong team, so it's a real team effort to keep moving forwards."