Murray draws French wildcard Eysseric in first round at Roland Garros

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Andy Murray will play French wildcard Jonathan Eysseric in the first round of
the French Open at Roland Garros.

Murray's only previous appearance at Roland Garros in 2006 ended in a
first-round defeat and the clay event is his least favourite Grand Slam.

And the British No.1 who is ranked 11th in the world and seeded tenth in Paris, admitted recently he would view it as a success if he survives into the second week this year.

Should he get beyond left-hander Eysseric, Murray would play either Slovakia's
Dominik Hrbaty or Argentinian Jose Acasuso in the next round.

The first fellow seed he could play is Nicholas Almagro, in the third round.

Roger Federer will begin his quest for a belated first French Open title
against world number 41 Sam Querrey.

Second seed Rafael Nadal, going for his fourth successive French crown, will
face a qualifier. Nadal has never lost a match at Roland Garros.