WATCH: Safiullin is saving his upgrades for the tennis court after a career-best run at Wimbledon.

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Amid the many changes coming his way, Roman Safiullin is keeping things simple as he enjoys a career-best Grand Slam result.

The 25-year-old has already planted two seeds to reach his first major quarterfinal at Wimbledon, leaving some to wonder if a second-week upgrade in his accommodations was warranted.

“No, no. Why should I change it? [It’s a] nice hotel,” he said after earning over $400,000 by beating former semifinalist Denis Shapovalov in four sets. “Of course, it's not like five stars, but I like the bed. Everything for me fits. It's not so far actually to go and not so much traffic. Why should I change it?”

Safiullin would be forgiven for wanting to keep the same routine after failing to even make the Roland Garros main draw last month despite showing solid results in Madrid and Rome—a development that was as much his own fault as it was ultimately physical.

“I forgot to enter the qualies to Roland Garros because I had the match against Zapata [in Madrid], and I completely forgot that I need to enter and I was not entering in advance,” he admitted on Sunday.

“Yeah, I stayed first out for main draw. But the thing is I got injured in Rome…so qualies, I wouldn't make it anyway, because I had a problem in which I couldn't recover that fast.”

Tentatively up to a career-high ranking of No. 43, Safiullin won’t have to worry about Grand Slam qualifying any time soon, an unwitting fulfillment of a pre-season prediction made by none other than Daniil Medvedev.

“He can play really good tennis so let’s see what he’s capable of,” said the former No. 1 when asked to pick a dark horse for 2023.

Medvedev backed up that pick in press earlier this week.

“He has big talent, ex-No. 1 junior. He was always through the junior tournaments; we were all coming together, me, Andrey, him, Karen, maybe some other guys, and he was always there. Got really unlucky with injuries at the beginning of his career. I think that could be also what stopped him a little bit to straightaway going into the tour and just be, let's call it a ‘local’ on the ATP Tour. But he's doing it now.”

Set to play No. 8 seed Jannik Sinner for a spot in the semifinals, might Safiullin be due for an even bigger on-court upgrade this week?