THE Roland Garros crowd rose to acclaim their champion.

Here was their own flesh and blood, a product of the Parisian suburb of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, who would surely dominate for years to come. Little did anyone, let alone the 17-year-old herself, guess back then that winning the junior title in Paris would be the best it ever got for Amelie Mauresmo at this venue.

Aside from that early honour, the remainder of the Frenchwoman's Roland Garros memories were hardly worth remembering. In 15 attempts to claim the singles title as a senior, she never made it beyond the quarter final stage, a feat she achieved both in 2003 and 2004.

There is a tendency in modern tennis to obsess about coaches and coaching, particularly so in this era of the superstar trainer. These figures lend an extra layer of narrative to the sport, their sheer strength of personality seemingly enough to win Grand Slam tournaments by proxy. Thankfully, though, Mauresmo knows all this is a diversion, a delusion.

While she, Ivan Lendl or Jonas Bjorkman when he arrives for Wimbledon, can provide valuable assistance, she knows her personal struggles at her home Grand Slam are ultimately irrelevant when it comes to Andy Murray's pursuit of his first title here. It is the Scot who will determine his own fate this fortnight.

"For myself, yes it was frustrating here," said Mauresmo. "For Andy I hope not. It's not about me, to be very honest. He is the one who should be proud of himself because the amount of work he's putting into his tennis, and in achieving his goals, is huge."

The experience of attempting to win this trophy as coach is noticeably different, however, and not just because her mobility is reduced as she awaits the arrival of her first child in August. "I can't really run around the place that much," she said, "but other than that it is really going well. There is much less pressure. I can enjoy it in a way a little bit more, but honestly what I am thinking about now is not really how I was feeling here as a player or the experiences I had, I am just trying to do the best for Andy every day and hoping he'll do well."

Whether she follows the Scot to Wimbledon will be determined by a hard-headed medical decision, taken in the wake of this tournament, but the 35-year-old will definitely take the first week of the grass court season off, could miss Queen's Club too, and how much time she is prepared to devote to travelling once the child arrives is equally uncertain. Bjorkman will have arrived by then, though, and Mauresmo believes the pair's text and phone conversations to date have shown that she and the Swede have similar ideas about the direction which the Scot's game should be headed.

"We spent a couple of days in Barcelona together, and we're exchanging quite a lot, communicating quite a lot whether it's texting or calling so that he's not surprised and has an awareness of what has happened," said Mauresmo. "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."

First up for the Scot, rounding off today's play on Philippe Chatrier, is Facundo Arguello, the World No 139. On the face of it, this is the most straightforward of assignments. Murray - who practised yesterday with Grigor Dimitrov - hasn't lost in the first round of any slam since early 2008 and this is a player who has won just one tour match in his life, a lucky loser who was defeated in the final round of qualifying by Gastao Elias of Portugal.

The world may not know about Arguello just yet but he is a player with possibilities. The former World No 8 junior is part of the fine 1992 crop coming out of Argentina which also includes Diego Schwartzman, 2010 Junior French Open winner Agustin Velotti and Andrea Collarini. He is also a man with a hair trigger temper, as witnessed by the two rackets he laid waste to during that defeat to Elias. That is where Gaston Gaudio, the surprise 2004 French Open winner comes in. He has been mentoring him about how best to keep his focus, as he "sees something of himself" in him. Gaudio is a good man to have in your corner. But, as Mauresmo would probably tell him, a coach can only do so much.

Murray, meanwhile, is joined by four others in a bumper British day of action. Heather Watson takes on Mathilde Johansson, who defeated her during an injury affected match at Wimbledon in 2011, while Johanna Konta faces Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic. Kyle Edmund tackles Stefan Robert of France, while Aljaz Bedene, formerly of Slovenia, plays under the British flag for the first time at a slam against Dominic Thiene of Austria. The new British No 2, ranked 79 in the world, said he was thankful to Murray for supporting his change of nationality, and said he hoped he could help bridge the gap. "I have seen a few Tweets and they've been good," said Bedene. "So he's supporting it, I guess. I think it's going to be good for the other players as well, to bring motivation."