"There's still a lot to come from me and I'm not afraid of anyone now. I'll have a pop at them all."
Baltacha's Eastbourne run, after knocking out Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai in straight sets, came to an end against world No5 Victoria Azarenka, losing 6-1, 7-6 despite a bristling, if too brief, fightback in the second set.
She said: "On paper it's a clear-cut defeat but I feel good about the fact that I actually stayed with such a very good player for most of the way."
Ward, an exhilarating semi-finalist at Queen's last week, is sure to rise in the rankings when they are announced on Monday even though he had points to defend at Eastbourne but went out to Janko Tipsarevic in a three-setter spread over two days.
The London taxi-driver's son could not quite find a route past the slick Serb, who was beaten by Murray in the third round at Queen's. Ward, 24, had fought back to set-all before bad light stopped play on Tuesday but made a slow start to the decider and went out 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
A year out with injury and serious illness finally caught up with Serena Williams, who failed to join big sister Venus in the Eastbourne quarter-finals as Russia's Vera Zvonareva avenged last year's Wimbledon Final battering by beating the American 3-6, 7-6, 7-5. Venus knocked out another former world No1 Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.
