ANDY MURRAY has recalled how he went from zero to hero in the space of three days on his Wimbledon debut.

Ten years have passed since the Scot’s maiden appearance in the main draw at SW19, which saw him ease past George Bastl of Switzerland and No 14 seed Radek Stepanek, then rack up a two sets to love lead before going down to 2002 runner-up David Nalbandian.

Unlike 10 years ago, when he entered the competition as a virtual unknown, an 18-year-old who was ranked No.312 in the world, the pressure on the Scot is massive this year as he aims to reclaim the Wimbledon singles title which he captured back in 2013.

One potentially good piece of news for the Scot, however, was the withdrawal of No.8 seed David Ferrer due to an elbow injury.

The Spaniard was slated to meet the world No.3 in the quarter-finals, assuming he had emerged strongest from a section of the draw which also includes No.10 seed Rafa Nadal.

“I don't remember loads about the match,” said Murray of his first-ever main draw match at Wimbledon.

“I remember I played on Court 2 and I was the first match on on the day and the crowd wasn't full at the beginning. It was quite quiet and it gradually built up as I got to the end.

“But it was kind of everything that went with it was extremely new to me. I had never experienced big press conferences, people following me home.

"After the second match, I went out to play mixed doubles and I couldn't get to the court. That was really weird for me because just a few weeks before, I was playing in front of five people.

"There was no pressure on the court. Zero. No expectation but off the court it was actually more hectic than it is now. Sometimes I have the odd cameraman or photographer or whatever following me around but then it was worse.”

Murray practised with Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis yesterday ahead of his first round meeting tomorrow with Mikhail Kukushkin, the world No.58 from Kazakhstan who also has a female coach, his wife Anastasia Kukushkina.

While he hit with Nadal last week, he said he wouldn’t practise with any of his major rivals for the duration of the tournament for fear of giving them an insight into his game plan.

“I used to practise with Rafa all the time,” said Murray. “I haven't practised with him so much lately because I was obviously injured for a while and then he was injured for a bit.

"It is good a few days before a major event starts to almost test yourself against one of the best players in the world because they will exploit things that you are not doing well.

“But on an off-day between matches during a tournament there might be something in the match that you haven't done well,” he added.

“You just want to have your own time to practise those things. Some days I will just hit with Jonas because I will be able to do some of the things I didn't think were going well or something I think might work in the next match.

"And you don't always want all of the players, especially top guys, or players you might play at the end of an event, to know the things you are practising or working on so much.”