Alison van Uytvanck hoping to stay under radar

Alison van Uytvanck said she hopes to not garner too much public attention, after emerging from virtual WTA Tour obscurity to reach the French Open quarter-finals.

Van Uytvanck has never been higher than number 73 in the rankings, but found herself in the last eight at Roland Garros - where she lost to Timea Bacsinszky 6-4 7-5 on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old Belgian is clearly on the shy side, and conceded although she will climb to a career-high standing after collecting 430 rankings points in Paris, she hoped to remain under the radar.

"I don't know [if it will enlarge my public profile]. I'm trying not to think about all this now," said Van Uytvanck, who pocketed 245,000 for her breakout tournament.

"I play tennis, I have to work, I have to work hard, and of course I need to have some press conferences, but not too much.

"And I'll take a few days off, and then I'll start working for the grass season."

Van Uytvanck, currently ranked 93rd, said she battled early nerves against the 23rd seed Bacsinszky, before being outclassed.

"Perhaps at the beginning of the match I was a bit nervous. But I think it's normal - it's Court Suzanne Lenglen after all," said Van Uytvanck, who had won just one main-draw singles match at a major prior to the tournament.

"The crowd is here, they're going to applaud you. But then afterwards I was quite calm and I enjoyed it really, so that's the most important thing."

When asked if her run was the best 10 days of her career, Van Uytvanck replied: "Yes absolutely. No one would have believed that [could happen], so yes, 10 incredible days."