Australian Open champion and new World No.1 Victoria Azarenka believes her recent achievements are just the start of things to come.
Azarenka picked up her maiden Grand Slam title with a stunning 6-3 6-0 thrashing of Russian Maria Sharapova on Saturday night and in the process also became the top ranked player in women's tennis.
It might seem like everything has come at once for Azarenka, but the confident 22-year-old feels her best tennis is ahead of her.
"I have been dreaming and working so hard to win a Grand Slam and being No.1 is a pretty good bonus," Azarenka said after her victory.
"But I just want to keep improving."
"I feel like there is no limit (to what I can achieve) really."
Azarekna said she was 'super nervous' heading into the decider against Sharapova and that she didn't settle down until she had lost the opening two games of the match.
Sharapova won 11 of the first 15 points to shoot out to a 2-0 lead, but Azarekna didn't let that bother her as she rattled off 12 of the next 13 games to claim the match.
"The first two games was a little bit of a disaster, but then I kind of got the momentum going," Azarenka said.
"I think I really handled well the (nerves) situation after that little slack part in the beginning."
"It kind of caught me a little bit off guard, because I tried to be aggressive myself and it didn't really work."
"But I'm glad I could stay humble, keep fighting and change the momentum."
And while Azarenka got to hoist the trophy aloft shortly after her win, she said the reality of the victory had yet to settle in.
"I kind of have different emotions right now," she said.
"Right after the win I couldn't understand what was happening and I could not believe the tournament was over because it's been so long."
"It still hasn't hit me that it's over and I won this, but I will keep enjoying it."
Azarenka's triumph in Melbourne was a first for a player from Belarus, with compatriot Natasha Zvereva having come the closest to a Grand Slam title in the past when she lost 6-0 6-0 to German Steffi Graf in the final of the French Open in 1988.
And now that she has gone that step further, Azarenka is hopeful that her win will inspire a new generation of players from her country.
"Tennis is pretty big already in Belarus and we have so many great facilities," she said.
"I hope we get more players, because the junior level is a little bit of a struggle right now."
"So I hope I can provide a lot of inspiration for the kids."