French Open 2012: Andy Murray and Jarkko Nieminen prepare for battle royal Where Sunday-afternoon hackers might enjoy conducting a post mortem in the club bar, professional athletes prefer to part company as quickly as possible. One of them has just deprived the other of many thousands of pounds, after all. But in this instance, Murray and Nieminen were left staring at their shoes for an awkward few minutes. This was on the first Thursday of Wimbledon two years ago, when Her Majesty dropped in to the All England Club for the first time since 1977. After lunching alongside Roger Federer, she settled down in the Royal Box - where else? - to enjoy Murray's 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory. Nieminen is the world No48 and has never managed to take a set off Murray in their three meetings. A left-handed baseliner, he puts everything into his groundstrokes and once knocked Andre Agassi out of this tournament in the first round. But as Murray pointed out this week, he enjoys playing lefties, and he should have too much guile for his somewhat one-paced opponent. He has been scheduled first on Court Philippe Chatrier, which means a 10am start UK time, and as long as his back does not play up, this should be another straightforward win. Unusually for a grand slam Thursday, we will have a second Briton in action when Heather Watson takes on Julia Goerges, the world No27, on Court Two at the end of the day. Goerges is a serious talent, with two top-10 scalps to her name already this season. But if Watson could somehow pull off a surprise, she would have a chance of meeting Virginie Razzano - Serena Williams's conqueror - in the third round.