Emma Raducanu says losing to Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen will only help her improve as she wants "exposure to the best".
The one-time major champion suffered a straight-sets defeat to Zheng on Friday, ending her impressive run at Queen's Club in the quarter-finals.
Raducanu is unsure whether she will play in Berlin next week, despite a Wimbledon seeding potentially being on her radar.
"I need to think about that and see how it settles and recovers over the next few hours," the 22-year-old said.
"I wanted to have exposure to the best and see how I fare up, see the ball that's coming my way so that if it were to happen in a grand slam, I would have some sort of rough idea. I'd say that was the reason."
Raducanu will become Britain's number one in the women's rankings on Monday.
"I think maybe my goals have slightly shifted from being seeded to actually improving my game, and when I play those top players, making it closer and feeling more competitive rather than just feeling, okay, I maybe get to the third round of a slam but then lose comfortably to one of the top," she added.
"I'd rather have a more competitive match, even if that means losing first round, second round, and I think that, to be honest, is how I feel right now."
Raducanu was the last home favourite standing after Katie Boulter and Heather Watson both bowed out in the last 16 of the new WTA 500 event.
Her availability may have been in doubt, however, as she continues to manage a troublesome back injury.
"I have been struggling with my back since Strasbourg, and it's just been something that's been on and off," she continued.
"I have been managing it pretty well over the last few weeks, but I guess as the week goes on and I have played five matches now, even if two were doubles, I think it just tests it out. And I just felt it as the load goes up.
"They took me off court and taped it to give me some extra stability, and some painkillers. It has been lingering for the last few weeks and I have had back issues before. It's just a vulnerability of mine. I know I need to take good care of it."
