Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray needs to remember the golden rule When you watch Andy play at Wimbledon, it's clear that he enjoys the pressure, the expectation, and the support of his home fans. What he struggles with is dealing with the same opponents who have blocked his way in the Grand Slam tournaments all over the world. Whenever he reaches a major final, or even a semi-final, there always seems to be a Hall-of-Fame talent standing in front of him, whether it be Nadal, Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic. Now, after Thursday night, it is a case of one star down, two to go for Andy. If he can keep himself balanced and stay in the moment for the next few rounds, the cards could fall very neatly for a real crack at this Wimbledon title. Consistency has been Murray's strong point over the last couple of years. He might not have won a Grand Slam title but neither has he had any surprising defeats. When he goes out of a major tournament, it is either to a higher-ranked player or - in the case of David Ferrer in Paris a few weeks ago - to someone who specialises in that particular surface. I was impressed with the way he despatched Nikolay Davydenko in the first round. A scoreline of 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 is a blow-out in anyone's language, and it's not as if Davydenko is a journeyman. Then, against Ivo Karlovic, he did what he had to do. You are always liable to drop a set against a guy with a serve like that but the important thing is not to get flustered. Andy came back and broke straight away in the third set which showed his mental strength. My concern was that Andy might be vulnerable in his first couple of matches because his preparation was less than ideal, especially in the case of that early loss at Queen's. But as soon as he gets back onto Centre Court he seems to click into rhythm. And after dispatching two awkward opponents without fuss, he can consider himself match-hardened for the battles to come. So who is Murray likely to face over the next few rounds? First up is Marcos Baghdatis, a talented guy who hasn't dropped a set yet (even if Grigor Dimitrov retired early in their second-round match). It's not going to be an easy outing, especially as Baghdatis often practices with Andy and they know each other's games very well. If Murray makes it through that, his fourth-round opponent will be the winner of the match between Marin Cilic and Sam Querrey, who pulled off a decent scalp yesterday when he beat Milos Raonic. They are both big servers again, but Cilic is the one with the real potential. I am surprised that he has been outside the top 20 for so long, around 18 months, but he won Queen's (with the help of David Nalbandian's temper tantrum) and he is one of the strongest grass-court players left in Andy's quarter of the draw. That's the question mark against David Ferrer and Juan Martin del Potro, either of whom could make a quarter-final opponent. I don't think either would say this is their best surface. You would probably make del Potro the favourite in the potential fourth-round match between those two, because he is 6ft 6in tall and serves like a guy standing in a tree. But he isn't a natural mover on the grass. The other guy we mustn't forget in all this is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who now looks to have a straightforward path to the semi-final. The more I see of Tsonga, the more I like his chances of winning a Grand Slam. He is improving his game all the time and gave Djokovic a real scare in Paris. Andy has had his number the last few times they played, but it would be a high-pressure match next Friday, with a lot at stake, so all previous results could be discarded. So, as the leading seed left in the bottom half of the draw, he is in a very agreeable position. Not that his Wimbledon fortnight is going to be easy from here, of course. As the Rosol-Nadal match shows, grass is the toughest surface when someone comes out and blitzes a stack of winners. Things can get away from you so fast, and it is difficult to regroup. The other guys in the locker-room should look at the way Rosol went about the match, because when you're up against a baseliner on grass, the trick is to go for your serve and your groundstrokes and keep the point short. If you're rallying from the baseline with Novak Djokovic, guess what, you're going to lose. I find it strange that more people don't realise this. If players ranked in the 20s started to pursue a bolder approach, we would see many more upsets on Wimbledon's show courts. For Murray's sake, we had better hope that he doesn't come across anybody as inspired as Rosol was on Thursday. He could potentially play the man himself in the semi-final, though I think it highly unlikely. I would actually like to see Rosol win another round, even though he is playing a German (Kohlschreiber) this afternoon, because it would be a bit of an anti-climax to go out straight after a performance like that. But I don't see the Czech getting to the quarter-finals when he hasn't achieved too many back-to-back wins in his whole career. So, to the semi-finals: Murray v Tsonga on one side of the draw, with Djokovic v Federer (despite his escape on Friday) on the other. That's the way it's looking at this stage. But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. My message to Andy is "Always remember Rule One."