Roger Federer wants to give himself time to enjoy his Australian Open triumph, but already there are thoughts of No 19 in SW19.
The 35-year-old Swiss emerged - blinking and husky-voiced after dancing till dawn - into the Melbourne afternoon and is already pointing towards plans to make a serious run at Wimbledon this summer.
He will play not one but two warm-up events on grass ahead of the big fortnight, secure in the knowledge that, if he can win in Australia, the All England Club must be within range.
Famous last words but surely the French Open is beyond him, and Federer acknowledged where his best chances lie as he paraded the trophy.
‘Wimbledon over Roland Garros yes, then the US Open. On the grass I’ve got a lot of tournaments there, I play Stuttgart and Halle. So Wimbledon, I know I have a better shot,’ he admitted. ‘At the US Open actually I also think I have a good chance to do well there, but let’s enjoy this one first.’
The way he was talking there was no hint that he is considering imminent retirement on the back of an exceptional victory over Rafael Nadal.
‘My next tournaments are Dubai (end of February), then Indian Wells, Miami (March). I’ve got a month to reflect now on everything.
‘The body needs recovery. I’ll probably take a week at least off to see how I feel. Then from then on you can plan your next moves.’
Federer reiterated that he intends to defend his title here next year: ‘I hope to be back next year of course.
‘That’s why I took the six months off, to hopefully still be playing for a couple of years. I am very tired right now, my legs hurt like mad and my back’s stiff too because I didn’t take any treatment, plus I was dancing last night. I’m still on a high, I’m going to crash eventually but that’s OK. And in a week’s time I think the pain in my legs will go away.’
Having had a brief time to reflect on his title he was slightly less surprised that he could reel off seven straight victories. It turns out he was regularly beating high-class practice partners in pre-season.
‘I thought I could be dangerous for the top guys here, maybe beat one and then that would probably be it, just because the body would start aching — which it did - or my level would drop - which it didn’t.
‘But if I think back to how I played in December in practice in Dubai with (French top 20 player) Lucas Pouille and all the other guys, I was playing so well in practice. So looking back it was not a surprise if you are maybe winning 10 or 20 sets in practice in a row.’
Since winning his last Grand Slam, Wimbledon 2012, Federer and his wife Mirka have had a second set of twins, Leo and Lenny.
‘This is my first Slam win with the boys, so that’s special. The girls (who are seven) were just super-excited to see the trophy. I saw them this morning. As I walked in, they woke up. They were all in such a good mood as they woke up and I came in with the trophy. It was an amazing half-hour right there.’
Federer is at 10 in Monday’s new rankings. For the first time since March 2006, Britain has three men in the world’s top 50: Andy Murray No 1, Dan Evans at a career-high 45 and Kyle Edmund at 47.
The women’s rankings show Serena Williams back on top with Jo Konta dropping one place to No 10.