West Australian Casey Dellacqua was focusing on the positives despite suffering a first-up Hopman Cup loss to world No.6 Agnieszka Radwanska on Sunday night.
Dellacqua produced some rusty shots in key moments but at least found herself in good positions during the 6-2 6-3 loss at Perth Arena.
The 29-year-old led 3-1 in the second set, but conceded the next five games to lose the contest in 75 minutes, giving Poland a 1-0 lead in the tie.
"I had some good stuff tonight, and then there was some stuff where I set the point up and didn't execute the best," Dellacqua said.
"Hopefully as matches go on, that starts to improve.
"They are things you can improve, and they're little things you can work on.
"I can go out for the next two days and work on finishing balls or different shots.
"It was an extremely tough match first up, but I gave what I had.
"Obviously it wasn't good enough to beat someone like Radwanska.
"I haven't played for a couple of months, so it's good to find my feet."
World No.231 Matt Ebden, who received a dream Hopman Cup call-up when Nick Kyrgios pulled out with a back injury, will need to beat world No.43 Jerzy Janowicz to keep the tie alive for Australia.
Earlier in the day, the Czech Republic notched an upset 2-1 win over Canada.
Veteran Lucie Safarova beat world No.7 Eugenie Bouchard 6-0 6-4, before Canadian Vasek Pospisil levelled the tie with a 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 win over Adam Pavlasek.
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