Murray all on his own as Brits fall in first round

Shortly after we claimed that we had a big evening ahead of us, it all started to unravel.

James Ward bowed out with little argument in straight sets to Michael Llodra, Dan Evans failed to capitalise on winning a set back against Florian Mayer, who took the fourth set 6-4 to win the match.

We were even prepared to take Irishman Conor Niland under our increasingly desperate wing but after a mammoth fight, he went down to Adrian Mannarino, 4-6 6-4 7-6 4-6 6-4.

So, as far as the mens singles is concerned, it's all eyes on Andy Murray.