Andy Murray believes he should be stripped of the favourite's tag for his French Open first-round match following his nightmare draw.
Murray will play the former world number seven Richard Gasquet in his opener at Roland Garros, he admitted he could hardly have been handed a tougher opponent.
"The one thing I know is it's not a match I'm going into being the favourite, which probably hasn't happened in a slam for quite a few years," said fourth seed Murray. "So it will be a different sort of feeling."
Although regarded as one of the brightest talents, Gasquet has recently slipped to 68th in the world following injury and a ban for inadvertently taking cocaine.
Gasquet will also have the home advantage, something Murray enjoyed when winning their epic five-setter at Wimbledon two years ago. Both only 23 years old, the Frenchman Gasquet and Scottish Murray are both seen in the World as amazing young talents, that have had some difficult times recently.
"With him playing at home in front of his home supporters and crowd, then obviously that's something that I'll have to deal with and make sure I'm ready for," said Murray, who has a 2-1 losing record against Gasquet.
"I'll definitely be focused for the match and be ready to play five long sets if I have to."
Should Murray get through, he could face an incredibly tough run of matches against Juan Ignacio Chela, Marcos Baghdatis, Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Before Friday's draw, Murray targeted winning the tournament. And despite enduring a slump in form between reaching the Australian Open final and the last eight at the Madrid Masters last week, he believes he is going into Roland Garros in good shape.
"I think last year I had good preparation," said Murray, whose run to the quarter-finals in 2009 was his best performance in Paris. I've played a lot of matches on the clay. But I haven't played that many gruelling matches, I guess, in the lead up to this one. So I'm definitely well prepared."
Hopefully Murray can improve his form in the Roland Garros tournament, putting him in a good position for this year's Wimbledon Tennis Championship.
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