FOR now, Andy Murray is far too concerned with the culmination of his fantasy football season to waste time fantasising about what it might feel like to win the French Open.

Ahead of today's conclusion to the Barclays Premier League season, the world No 3 said he was involved in a keenly-fought contest in his friends and family league, agonising over each team selection, as he attempts to reach the top of the table.

"I'm 10 points behind, which is the equivalent of three goals," said Murray. "My uncle is first, my dad is second. I messed up last week - with two minutes to go before kick-off, I had to decide between Danny Graham and [Romelu] Lukaku. Sunderland were at home to Leicester and Everton were away at West Ham. I put Danny Graham in. But Lukaku scored and got an assist. That was an error, because for the whole season Danny Graham has done nothing."

This is all light relief but analysing sportspeople and devising winning strategies is what Murray does for a living and the serious business begins tomorrow against Facundo Arguello. The Argentine world No 139 is a lucky loser who has only won one match on the ATP Tour but is nonetheless a clay-court specialist who dreams of emulating his countryman and idol Gaston Gaudio, the surprise winner of this tournament in 2004.

Murray, however, hasn't lost in the first round of any Grand Slam since the 2008 Australian Open, and expects that run to comfortably be extended here.

But the Scot never misses an opportunity to develop his game and those formidable brain cells are already whirring ahead to a future which may or may not feature coach Amelie Mauresmo, whose first child is due in August.

Fortunately Jonas Bjorkman, the former doubles expert, will be available. The Swede has spent less than a fortnight in the Murray camp and won't be in Paris, but together the two men are working on a project which at first may appear rather counter-intuitive. While the Scot is the finest player from these isles for at least three quarters of a century and Tim Henman never reached a Grand Slam final, he is nevertheless working on being More Like Tim.

"Jonas and I have only spent 10 or 12 days together, but it's been good," Murray said. "He is not going to be here [in Paris]. But he will be with me from the beginning of the grass court season and for the duration. He's fitted in well with the team. He's a good guy, fun to be around.

"There are things in his game which I felt like I used to do and maybe got a little bit away from. He used to be very aggressive on the second-serve return. Just before I started with Jonas and when I was speaking to him, I was saying to him that was something I wanted to get back into doing, putting pressure on my opponents in that way.

"I also want to continue to learn about when to come to the net and where to volley when you are there. Because you can hit loads of volleys, but it's important to know where your opponent is on the court and make the right decision: when you come forward, what volleys to hit, when to go back in behind them, when to hit into the open space, when to use the drop volley. He has a good understanding of all that.

"One of the things Jonas said to me was that on the clay, he always preferred to play guys that loved playing on clay. Tim was the same. He used to love coming into the net or drop-shotting or coming in behind the drop shots, using the short slice, and just playing a different game style which they found difficult to deal with."

For now, though, the Scot is healthy, happy and confident of at least repeating his best achievement in this event, when he reached the last four in 2011 and 2014. He feels more comfortable on this surface than ever before, and so he should, coming off a perfect 10-0 run which has harvested the first two clay-court titles of his career, including a dismissal of Rafa Nadal in the Madrid final.

The Scot practised again yesterday with Australian youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis but knows in all likelihood he must take care of another Aussie, Nick Kyrgios, and David Ferrer, a man he has never beaten on clay, to get that far. He is happy to downplay his expectations.

"Novak [Djokovic] is obviously a much better clay-court player than me," said Murray. "Rafa is much better on the clay. Roger [Federer] has had much better success. Ferrer has been to the final here before. And I haven't done that. So for me it would be a new experience. I don't know how I would deal with that if I was to reach a final or to get close to reaching a final.

"I think it will be very tough for me to win the event. I'm very aware of that. The last few weeks have helped build my belief and confidence on the surface. But there are guys that have won this tournament before.

"We'll see. I've practised well. Hopefully the conditions stay sunny and it's quick. That would help me. But a lot of the players have commented on how slow the conditions are. They are going to be tough, physical matches if the courts stay like that."

Murray is keeping his feet on the ground. He will have to continue producing some fantasy tennis if his Roland Garros dream is to become a reality.