Kyle Edmund has downplayed Britain's improved showing at the US Open and is targeting a place in the world's top 20.
Britain will have four men and four women competing in the first round at Flushing Meadows, making it the first time eight players have represented the country here since 1985.
Edmund, who opens up against Richard Gasquet on Monday, is joined in the men's draw by Andy Murray, Aljaz Bedene and Dan Evans while in the women's tournament there will be Johanna Konta, Heather Watson, Naomi Broady and Laura Robson.
It marks a considerable improvement on recent years, with Edmund, ranked 84th in the world, in a clutch of British men placed inside the top 100, with Bedene at 77 and Evans at 64 only slightly in front.
"It's good from a British point of view that there are more people inside the top 100," Edmund said.
"But although we're competing over rankings of 60 to 80, which is better than what it used to be, 60 to 80 isn't actually the be-all and end-all.
"If we were competing around the 10 to 30 rankings I think that would be a much bigger deal so I'm not looking at it like 'at the moment I'm British number four or British number two'.
"I want to be ranked, say, world number 20 - and if I'm then British number two or number three that's still a great position to be in."
Edmund has endured some mixed results this summer but in terms of experience he could hardly have done much better.
The 21-year-old led Britain to a Davis Cup quarter-final victory over Serbia in June, winning both his matches in Murray's absence having been picked as his team's number one singles player.
Then he travelled to the Olympics in Brazil, where despite a second round singles loss, he gleaned a great deal from Britain's golfers and rugby stars, not to mention a raucous game of Articulate.
"We played that most nights. We played that with the rugby guys and it was very competitive. They couldn't believe how competitive we were," Edmund said.
"It was nice to meet Justin Rose and Danny Willett because they're two major champions so that was pretty cool.
"We were in an apartment for seven or eight people and Leon was actually staying with the golf guys, so the door was always open.
"Willett came in once to ask to borrow some rackets so we were just chatting to him then.
"We chatted to the boxing people, the rugby people. It was just really good to chat with the guys, because throughout the year you're just surrounded by the tennis players."
Edmund has also made a habit of picking Murray's brains on tour and the pair spent an hour practising on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
He could do worse than asking Murray about his next opponent, given the Scot has won all of his last six meetings with Gasquet, whom Edmund has never faced before.
"I haven't spoken to him about it. Maybe if the opportunity comes," Edmund said.
"But me and my coach and my trainer, we always chat about the match in some way before it and we'll have a good idea of the game plan so I think I'll stick to that."
Source: PA
