Buoyant Britton refusing to be deflated after Junior Wimbledon defeat
The Poole tennis star, 14, lost 6-3 7-6(2) against Tahlia Kokkinis in the girls' singles on Monday.
Britton battled admirably against the more experienced Australian, 16, but was unable to emulate her first round exploits that saw her beat Serbian Luna Vujović the previous day.
The south coast star remained all smiles in her post-match media conference and hopes a consistently positive mindset can propel her career forwards.
'It's easy after a loss like that to think it's all going so badly,' she said.
'But I need to take everything in my stride, pat myself on the back after that first win and see if in can produce that good tennis going forward.
'I don't play well when I'm grumpy or miserable on court, so as long as I keep that smile on my face and keep enjoying it the good results will keep coming.'
Britton had battled the elements to edge past Vujović 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) over the weekend.
That match was delayed by a pair of rain delays that led to it becoming an increasingly elongated encounter on the All England Club's Court 6.
Britton admits she felt the effects the following day as she struggled to replicate the level that bagged her a maiden Wimbledon win.
'I definitely didn't play as well as the first round, but a lot happened,' said Britton, who turned her attention to the girls' doubles alongside fellow Brit Edie Griffiths on Tuesday,
'I didn't have much time to recover as it was a long match with rain delays.
'Fair play to her, every chance she took - she did play well, I wasn't 100% there today but I did well considering that.'
Britton started playing tennis with her dad when she was just four-years-old and cites Novak Djokovic as one of her idols.
She even uses the same racket as the joint record-holding 24-time Grand Slam champion as she bids to forge a career of her own on the Grand Slam circuit.
But she has also been drawn in by up-and-coming Russian Mirra Andreeva, 18, who booked her place in the quarter-finals of the women's draw on the same afternoon of Britton's second round match.
She added: 'I don't know why I like Novak so much but I just do.
'But more recently, I really like Andreeva – she's playing right now and I've become a big fan of her too.'
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