Andy Murray's potential route to 2017 Wimbledon glory

Murray will begin the defence of his second Wimbledon title on Monday, providing he recovers from a hip problem

By Raz Mirza

Can Andy Murray join the great Fred Perry as a three-time Wimbledon champion? Sky Sports plots Murray's route to defending his All England Club crown.

First Round - Alexander Bublik [Age 20, ranked 134]

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Murray will open his campaign against 20-year-old lucky loser Bublik. The world No 134 lost 12-10 in a fifth set to Daniel Brands in the final round of qualifying but the Russian-born Kazakh is an unpredictable showman who beat Lucas Pouille in the opening round of the Australian Open. And Murray has already lost twice to lucky losers this year in Borna Coric at the Madrid Masters and world No 86 Jordan Thompson at Queen's Club, so he must beware of the lucky loser hoodoo.

Draw pits Murray against Bublik

Wimbledon draw pits Andy Murray against Alexander Bublik in first round and same half as Rafael Nadal

Second Round - Dustin Brown [Age 32, ranked 94] or Joao Sousa [Age 28, ranked 58]

German-Jamaican showman Brown is one of the most distinctive players on tour but offers danger too, famously upsetting Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in 2015. Murray won their only previous meeting at the US Open seven years ago. Sousa is Portugal's No 1, but has failed to beat the Scot in seven attempts.

Third Round - Fabio Fognini [Age 30, ranked 29]

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The hot-headed Italian is one of the most talented players on tour but can be infuriatingly inconsistent. The 28th seed has never been beyond the third round at Wimbledon but thumped Murray in their most recent meeting on clay in Rome in May.

Fourth Round - Lucas Pouille [Age 23, ranked 15] or Nick Kyrgios [Age 22, ranked 20]

Pouille made his mark when he ousted Nadal from last year's US Open in a pulsating four-hour, fourth-round upset. That led the now 15-times Grand Slam champion to remark that Pouille "could fight for the big things the next couple of years". The Frenchman's grass-court pedigree looks good after he reached the quarter-finals at the All England Club last year, and he underlined his progress by claiming his second tour title of the season at the Wimbledon warm-up event in Stuttgart.

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Kyrgios remains hot-headed, unpredictable and at times infuriating, but there have been signs this season the Australian is starting to mature on the court. The main question mark surrounds his fitness after a nasty fall aggravated a hip problem and forced him out of Queen's. Fully fit, Kyrgios is capable of just about anything.

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Quarter-Finals - Stan Wawrinka [Age 32, ranked 3]

Revenge could be on Murray's mind if he is pitted against Wawrinka - just five weeks after their dramatic French Open semi-final encounter, won by the Swiss. Wawrinka has never made it beyond the last eight at Wimbledon - the only Grand Slam tournament he is yet to win.

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Semi-Finals - Rafael Nadal [Age 31, ranked 2]

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If 10-time French Open champion Nadal makes it as far as the last four then it is safe to say his knees have held up a lot better on the grass than in recent years. The two-time Wimbledon winner has not been beyond the fourth round since 2011 but was in vintage form in Paris. Nadal has won all three previous meetings against Murray at the All England Club.

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Final - Roger Federer [Age 35, ranked 5] or Novak Djokovic [Age 30, ranked 4]

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Should Murray make it all the way to a fourth final, a rematch of his tear-jerking 2012 loss to Federer is likely to be on the cards. The 35-year-old won the most extraordinary of his 18 major titles at the Australian Open in January and skipped the clay season entirely in order to give himself the best shot at claiming an eighth Wimbledon title which he warmed up for in sensational style by winning in Halle for a ninth time.

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If it's not Federer waiting for Murray, then his old foe Djokovic could be the man standing in the way of claiming back-to-back crowns. The Serb will have Andre Agassi by his side and should he stand up to the mouth-watering match-up with Juan Martin del Potro in round three, then we're in for a repeat of the 2013 final which Murray won in three gruelling sets.