In the few hours left to him for contemplation before he walks out to face Mikhail Kukushkin on Tuesday Andy Murray might reflect on the unfortunate circumstances of his last appearance at Wimbledon, the defeat by Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-final a year ago.
Amélie Mauresmo had just joined him as coach and two other key members his team, Dani Vallverdu and Jez Green, were unhappy they had not been consulted. The loss to the Bulgarian on that otherwise pleasant afternoon was not pretty and, adding a patina of pain to the experience, there was Murray’s outburst during play, that sounded to most ears like “five minutes before the fucking match”, which indicated unspecified turmoil either unfolding or recently concluded behind the scenes.