ANDY Murray's perilous path through the Roland Garros draw begins with Facundo Arguello, a 22-year-old from Argentina who regards clay as his favourite surface and idolises Gaston Gaudio, the 36-year-old who shocked the world when he won this competition back in 2004.

Joao Sousa of Portugal is the favourite to meet him in the second round, but then things get seriously tough. Fast-rising Aussie Nick Kyrgios could be a huge threat in the third round, with either the giant John Isner or Belgium's David Goffin likely to wait in the third round. David Ferrer and US Open champion Marin Cilic come into play for the quarter finals, with the possibility of Novak Djokovic or Rafa Nadal in the semis. Roger Federer, Kei Nishikori, Tomas Berdych and Stan Wawrinka will battle it out in the other half of the draw.

"It really depends how you look at it," said Murray. "I'm in the same half of the draw as Rafa and Novak, so that's hard. Ferrer is someone I have never beaten on clay before and he's seeded in my quarter. Isner has played pretty well on the clay this year and had some good results. And Kyrgios, who obviously has had some huge wins in slams. So it's certainly not an easy draw, that's for sure. But many times I have played in slams where draws appeared extremely difficult, and a couple of losses and all of a sudden everyone tells me it's an easy draw."

Murray is one of three Brits in the first round of the French Open for the first time since 2006, after Kyle Edmund won through qualifying yesterday to join him and the newly-naturalised Aljaz Bedene.