Andy Murray kicks off his Wimbledon campaign against Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver on Monday.
Murray does not need reminding that much is expected of him over the next fortnight. As ever the pre-tournament media coverage has been full of Britain's long, long wait for a male singles champion to succeed Fred Perry and Murray is well aware that the longer he goes without claiming that elusive maiden major title, the more the pressure grows.
He's proved himself more than capable of beating the world's best on the biggest of stages but maintaining that level for seven best of five set matches has been a problem and in all three of Murray's Grand Slam finals to date, he has looked like a man who's run out of gas.
His Wimbledon preparations could not have gone any better. He claimed his second Queens title with fine wins over Andy Roddick and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and as far as draws go, Murray's is pretty decent with Marin Cilic likely to prove the first major hurdle in the third round.
Murray should have few problems against Gimeno-Traver when he takes to Centre Court late on Monday afternoon. Grass is undoubtedly the Spaniard's least favourite surface and he made early exits in Halle and 's-Hertogenbosch.
Murray will be very unhappy with anything over than a comprehensive straight sets win.
