Waching daily Jun 30 2018

It was a day when his coach was ticked off for wearing the wrong shirt on the practice court and, in football parlance, the draw placed him in the Group of Death

But at least Andy Murray looks like he is going to play at Wimbledon, just a fortnight after he first returned to competition following hip surgery in January

The twice champion's number was put into the hat on Friday morning and pulled out against Benoit Paire, the temperamental Frenchman who was his last victim at SW19, in the fourth round 51 weeks ago

'I guess I could have played one of the top players in the world,' said the unseeded Murray

'At this stage, playing Paire in the first round is tricky for me. He is a very talented guy, awkward to play against

' Murray felt fine after a lunchtime session with coach Jamie Delgado, who was ordered to change into a plain white outfit by officials

'I feel all right - not much different from the last couple of days,' said the world No 156, who had jokingly apologised for Delgado, saying 'sorry about him'

'Am I going to play? I think most likely yes,' he continued. 'I obviously don't know every single day how things are going to be

I need to play it a little bit by ear. 'I can't predict how I am going to feel in two days but if I feel like I do today, I will play

' It will be the first time since 2007 that Murray, who will not play until Tuesday, is not the highest seeded British player in the men's draw

The man who has assumed that mantle, Kyle Edmund, faces Australian qualifier Alex Bolt, and could meet Novak Djokovic in the third round

There are five British men and eight women in the draw. Last year's semi-finalist Jo Konta would be expected to beat world No 106 Natalia Vikhlyantseva

And Katie Boulter, who narrowly lost Friday's final of the Southsea Trophy event to Kirsten Flipkens, is favourite to beat Veronica Cepede Royg of Paraguay

Any other first-round wins would be a bonus. Stockport's Naomi Broady faces defending champion Garbine Muguruza while Southampton's Gabi Taylor finds herself against 2014 finalist Eugenie Bouchard

Roger Federer will open the Centre Court programme on Monday against Serbian Dusan Lajovic, and could find himself with a second round against Saturday's Eastbourne finalist Lukas Lacko of Slovakia

No 25 seed Serena Williams will make her much-anticipated return against Holland's Arantxa Rus, and the first seed she is due to meet will be No 5 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine