As he bids to regain his Wimbledon crown next month, Andy Murray has been making sure he stays on target for grass-court glory this summer.
After completing his warm-up session with Davis Cup team-mate Dominic Inglot, Murray spent the rest of his early Wednesday afternoon slot on the Queen's Club courts doing a little bit of target practice.
Like something reminiscent of a Smash Court Tennis videogame, coach Jonas Bjorkman dotted each service box with empty tennis ball cans for Murray to aim between as he worked on his accuracy.
Murray was later off-target in a losing doubles effort with Inglot against Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares - no shame, given the duo are the No.1 seeds here at Queen's Club.
The British No.1 and Inglot were beaten 6-4 7-6(3), but it was yet more valuable time on grass for Murray ahead of Wimbledon, following a hugely successful clay-court season that saw him win two titles - his first on the surface - before a five-set defeat to world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals at Roland Garros.
"He [Murray] looks really relaxed on the practice court," Inglot said. "He's hitting the ball pretty big. I can vouch for that.
"He looks to me like he's playing well. I can't say compared to other players. I don't train with Andy that often. So I can't say compared to this tournament he's hitting the ball better right now.
"But compared to last year, obviously at the tail end he was doing better, but I'm sure that coming back from that back surgery and so on he wasn't quite physically there, and having a good off-season has really helped him and he looks confident.
"Obviously he knows he can do well on grass and the hard courts, and I think having good results on the clay is something that can really give him that confidence and probably has given him that confidence, because maybe he didn't expect to do as well.
"I think he looks pretty happy and pretty good."
Murray and Inglot's battling performance as a partnership will have given Davis Cup captain Leon Smith plenty to think about ahead of next month's quarter-final tie against France, too.
Whether they are to play together again or not, Inglot seems to have forgiven Murray for stitching him up after the victory over the United States in March, when the British No.1 revealed "Dom's got a little girlfriend on the go" having been asked how the team would celebrate.
"It's all a bit of fun and games which can sometimes go a different way than you thought it was going to go," added Inglot with a laugh. "But at the end of the day we are all good friends so it's all good."
Having seen his Wimbledon defence go out with a whimper in the quarter-finals at the hands of Grigor Dimitrov last year, Murray could get a chance for revenge later this week with the reigning Queen's Club champion lurking as a possible opponent in the quarter-finals.
However, a tricky tie against Fernando Verdasco must first be negotiated on Thursday. Murray was forced to come back from two sets down against the Spaniard in the last eight at SW19 in 2013 before going on to end Britain's 77-year wait for a male singles champion.
Murray will be confident of his chances, though - he clearly knows how to play the Spaniard, leading their lopsided head-to-head 10-1 with Verdasco's only victory coming at the 2009 Australian Open when he shocked the Scot in the fourth round.
Nadal looks to put shock Queen's exit behind him
Rafael Nadal spent the afternoon letting out some of his frustration in a two-hour practice session at Queen's Club following his shock first-round exit on Tuesday.
On his first appearance at the tournament in four years, the Spaniard was beaten by world No.79 Alex Dolgopolov.
Nadal may have won the title in Stuttgart on Sunday, but his form ahead of Wimbledon is still cause for concern. He has endured a poor season with his ranking slide to 10th - his lowest position in a decade - following just his second ever defeat at Roland Garros earlier this month.
However, Nadal looks determined to put in the hours as he bids to reach a first Wimbledon quarter-final since 2011 when he finished runner-up at SW19.