ANDY MURRAY will put his faith in his tennis instincts as he attempts to land his maiden Roland Garros title.

The World No.3, who begins his campaign against the world No.139 Facundo Arguello on Philippe Chatrier court this afternoon, is one of the best strategic thinkers in the sport but he is wary of overcomplicating things as he endeavours to surpass his achievement in 2011 and 2014, when he reached the semi-finals.

"The less you think is better on the tennis court," said Murray. "It is very easy to overcomplicate things. You know, I have been playing tennis for 24 years now of my life, so my body and my mind kind of know how to play the game and understand what shots to hit at certain times.

"It's about getting that balance right between thinking at the appropriate times," he added. "Like when you have the change of ends you have a bit of time to think about what's going on, what tactics are working, what isn't working and what you're going to do in the next couple of games.

"But between points and during points, if you're thinking way too much, it can be an issue."

His coach Amelie Mauresmo, meanwhile, reckons it is Murray who deserves all the credit for his recent good run on clay - and not her.

While the Scot has a 10-0 record on this surface this season, and has racked up his first two title wins on this surface, there is always huge speculation and intrigue over the Scot's coaching arrangement and that is only likely to increase with Jonas Bjorkman joining the camp and the Frenchwoman seeking medical advice before deciding whether she will be able to continue with him at Wimbledon.

The 35-year-old former World No.1, who is due to have her first child in August, downplays the uncertainty as she feels both she and the Swede are on the same page and it is the Scot who deserves all the credit in any case.

"He [Andy] is the one that should be proud of himself because of the amount of work that he's put into his tennis and his job and achieving his goals is huge," said Mauresmo.

"As a coach, that's all you can ask for. His game is coming together really well and the confidence that he's been building since the beginning of the year is also an explanation for him feeling good and playing so well.

"The good thing is that we [Bjorkman and Maursemo] are both seeing the same things and both having a desire for Andy to improve in the same areas of his game, and I think that's really key," she added. "If you're going to work together and have different thoughts or different things that you want to prioritise, then it might be a bit difficult, but so far, for a few months now, we've talked about Andy and his game and stuff and I think we're on the same page."

Murray is just one of five Brits in action in Paris today. Englishman Kyle Edmund takes on another lucky loser in the form of Stephane Robert while the Slovenian-born Aljaz Bedene competes under the Union Jack for the first time at a Grand Slam against Dominic Thiem of Austria.

Heather Watson takes on Mathilde Johansson of France while qualifier Jo Konta faces Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic.