Between now and LA 2028, Gina Kennedy has just one thing on her mind: don't lose your British No.1 ranking.
The 29-year-old is top of the tree after an impressive five years on the pro circuit that also puts her as the world No.8.
But being number one puts a target on your back.
Squash will make its long-awaited Olympic debut at the upcoming LA 2028 Games but there are just 16 places up for grabs and only one male and female per nation allowed.
It means that Kennedy's British ranking is coming under pressure like never before and the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion is under no illusion that it will be easy to keep in the race for selection.
"Obviously it's always an honour to be British No.1 but I think in a way it's kind of irrelevant in the lead up," she said.
"You could be British No.1 for 10 years, and then if you're not number one for when it matters, which is the Olympics, then you don't go. I think that is kind of amazing.
"The main goal is just to ensure that I'm hopefully in the same position when the qualification comes around because there are so few spots.
"Although it's great to be top now, the main goal definitely be to be there when it really counts."
The high-paced indoor racquet sport will make its Olympic debut in the summer of 2028 and is set to receive the full Hollywood glamour at The Comcast Squash Centre at Universal Studios.
The modern sport derives from the 19th century game of rackets which was played in London prisons before it was adapted to play with a punctured ball by pupils at Harrow School in 1830, eventually leading to popularity across the globe.
The top players in the world go toe-to-toe during the PSA Squash Tour, while it has been a staple of the Commonwealth Games between 1998 and 2022.
But it is at LA that the sport will make new headlines, finally included in the Olympic programme on its fifth time of trying.
"When it got announced a few years ago, I think a lot of us were in shock because we've tried to get it in the Olympics a few times, and just it hasn't worked," said Kennedy. "I think kind of lost a bit of belief.
"It is now definitely going to be the pinnacle of our sport, and it's something that we're all gearing towards, every player is basing their next couple of years around trying to do what they can to qualify.
"I think it's a really exciting time for squash, not only for the players but also for the fans and people who ever haven't ever been exposed to the sport as well.
"It's a really good opportunity to kind of get some new eyes on our sport and showcase what we do."
In pursuit of adding the letters OLY to her name, Kennedy has become a consistent star on the world circuit.
No stranger to multi-sport Games, she became the first Englishwoman to win a Commonwealth Games singles title in 2022, doing so on home soil in Birmingham.
But it is the moments away from the court that she reflects on so well, remembering rubbing shoulders with other sporting icons.
Now dreaming of her first Olympics in LA, Kennedy is ready to step up to what will be the biggest moment in squash's history and add to her own sporting legacy in the Team GB colours.
"Obviously in 2022, squash wasn't in the Olympics, so for England and the Commonwealth countries, the Commonwealth Games was the pinnacle of the sport," she said.
"It was our only opportunity for a multi-sport Games, the only opportunity to be playing on the BBC, to be in a village with the likes of Dina Asher-Smith and all those absolute legends.
"I was just in absolute heaven in that village for two weeks and obviously, winning gold was the cherry on top.
"Thinking about how the Olympics will be, as a complete level up to that, it's just so exciting.
"Even though representing England has been one of the best achievements in my career, there just seems there's like a different ring to it when it is Team GB.
"The legacy that these athletes hold when they're in that kit, it just feels different."
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