PERHAPS John Millman, Andy Murray's next opponent at this year's Wimbledon, has some distant scintilla of Scottish blood coursing through his Australian veins. Not only does the 27-year-old World No 67 admit to feeling a stirring of the heartstrings as a non-playing member of the Australian Davis Cup team in Glasgow last September whenever he heard Loch Lomond being played over the Tannoy, he has been known to get the drinks in from time to time.

Having met the World No 2 in competitive action just once - losing in three sets in his hometown of Brisbane in early 2013 - and narrowly missing out on facing him in the Scot's own city of birth, today will see Millman experience the next best thing: a meeting in the third round at SW19, most likely on Court No 1.

"I was in Glasgow," said Millman. "Andy played amazing there. I got goosebumps every morning listening to Loch Lomond. Everyone was singing, 'I'll take the high road and you take the low road'. I thought that was awesome. The atmosphere in Glasgow was great. It really inspires you to work hard, because you want to be living those moments, and I would have loved to have played."

As for the beverages in question, the big-hearted native of Brisbane has been known to raid the complimentary fridges at big tournaments and pass them directly on to his fans. So changeable has the weather been at this year's tournaments that he joked that he may have to hand out cups of tea and coffee rather than the ice cold variety. "I don't really want people to know that because I will probably get a bill," said Millman. "But I do it at most tournaments, actually. I try to raid the fridges, but here it's so overcast that you have to hand out coffee or something."

Equally refreshing is the Australian's outlook on life, one born of horrific, career threatening injuries. In particular there was the torn labrum - a crucial piece of cartilage in the shoulder socket - which he suffered in 2013. His rehabilitation, which took around 14 months in all, was so protracted that for periods of his career he had a day job at a finance firm in Brisbane's CBD.

"I was playing a tournament in Munich, but I got wrongly diagnosed," said Millman. "They thought a little injection could fix it but the next scan showed I had a torn labrum and it was devastating for me. I worked in the city for a little bit at one of my mate's companies. I was dressed up in a suit each day going in. But I always wanted to get back into it. I think I really have an appreciation of these moments right now, because there was a big time there where I wasn't too confident."

The moment Millman knew his wilderness years were over was when he extended Roger Federer to three sets at that same tournament in Brisbane in 2015. "It took a very long time to get myself right but I was rewarded pretty quickly by being able to play probably one of my greatest idols in Roger Federer," he said. "When there's bad times, you never know when a good thing is around the corner."

The backstory allows Millman to come out swinging against the Scot. He has taken care of Franko Skugor of Croatia and France's Benoit Paire to get this far. "I played Andy once before but it's a bit of the reversal of roles," said Millman, who shares a love of Liverpool with his friend Kyle Edmund. "You dream of playing on the biggest courts against the biggest players and I feel as if I deserve to be there. Third round Wimbledon, it's uncharted territory for me.

"I respect Andy a lot - he's such a great player," he added. "Especially over five sets, it's a whole different ball game against him. But we start at love-all; I have never been one to go out with an intimidated mindset before I play. These are the matches you live for and these are the ones you will remember for the rest of your life."