Although Andy Murray is yet to declare himself fully fit, he is hopeful of competing at Wimbledon and will take on Benoit Paire of France in the first round of the tournament, a player he defeated in straight sets at last year’s Championships.Having made his comeback only last week after an 11-month lay-off with a hip injury, Murray has fallen down the rankings and is currently sits at No 156. He is therefore unseeded at SW19 for the first time since he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the fourth round in 2005.The Scot has played three matches upon his return – losing to Nick Kyrgios and Kyle Edmund but beating Stan Wawrinka in straight sets at Eastbourne.He has moved well during a total of 5 hours and 35 minutes of competitive tennis and hit his ground stokes with both confidence and conviction. One area of his game that may suffer is his service, though, which lost power and accuracy in the latter stages of the contests.Regardless, there is still cause to be optimistic and tennis journalist Stuart Fraser has plotted out Murray's potential path to the final after the draw was made on Friday.It's a pretty tough one too.Should Murray find a way past Paire on Tuesday, he would next meet either Canadian superstar Denis Shapovalov or hard-hitting Frenchman Jeremy Chardy. ‘Shapo’ as tennis fans call him, is 19-years-of-age and is the youngest player in the world’s top 50. Many believe he has the skill-set and make-up of a future world number 1.Meanwhile, 5th seed Argentine, Juan Martin Del Potro is a potential 3rd round opponent for Murray, while Spanish icon and world number 2, Rafael Nadal could await the Scot in the quarter-finals.Providing his body holds up, the likelihood is he would then face Alexander Zverev or Novak Djokovic before a meeting with defending champion Roger Federer in the final.

Murray has echoed that he is not concerned about injuring his hip again but he does not want to embarrass himself on the big stage. He may have two or three Championships left in him at best. If he is still playing beyond the 2020 Olympics, it would certainly be a surprise to the tennis world.

A large challenge for the now fit again Murray is to find the mental edge that previously lifted him above the rest.

On that front, he can take a leaf out of the book of his great rivals, Nadal and Federer, who have both overcome injury problems in their 30’s to return to the summit of the men’s game.