Wonderful World Of Wimbledon / Maxliu / 26 June 2011 /

Max Liu looks back at week one of Wimbledon and ahead to week two as he asks if Andy Murray has got what it takes to progress down the long road to success at SW19.

Week one of Wimbledon is over and we are still yet to see a major shock in the men's draw - unless, of course, you count Bernard Tomic's excellent straight sets win over Robin Soderling which Ben Caudell hinted at in his Saturday stat attack.

The big four market leaders remain in tact, dropping only three sets between them so far. Andy Murray was responsible for two of those, losing the first in his opening encounter against Daniel Gimeno Traver and the second his tough third round victory over Ivan Ljubicic.

The women's tournament, meanwhile, seems like a more open affair, with defending champ Serena Williams [4.1] dropping sets and looking a little over-emotional in her early encounters. However, after almost a year out through injury, the power and finesse endure; she was very comfortable in her third round win, is [1.28] to beat Marion Bartoli on Monday and would fancy her chances against second favourite Maria Sharpova [5.4]. Caroline Wozniacki looked good in her comprehensive third round victory so, at [9.4], there might be value there.

But what to make of Murray, who is [8.4] in the Wimbledon winner market, so far? He's probably spent longer on court than he would have wished but Ljubicic is a wily pro who is capable of stiff resistance and Murray will not be unhappy with his 3-1 victory, especially as he showed flashes of brilliance in wining the third 6-1. He did a similar thing aganist Gimeno, only giving up three games in the last three sets, as though affronted that his opponent had the audacity to take a set off him.

That's a good sign and I'll be backing him at [1.28] to beat Richard Gasquet [4.5] on Monday. If he wins, he's likely to play Feliciano Lopez, who's [1.39] to beat Lukasz Kubot, and it's rumoured that Andy's mum Judy might have divided loyalties in that one. She recently described the Spaniard as "Deliciano" in a series of flirty tweets which have reportedly left Murray cringing.

It's early to speculate about such things but, if Murray was to come through those tests, then he would likely meet Rafael Nadal [3.85] in the semi-finals. The defending champion is [1.22] to beat Juan Martin Del Potro in the fourth round and, if Murray does meet the Spaniard in the last four, he will be determined to avenge last year's straight sets defeat at the same stage.

Whether or not he can pull that off is another matter, but if he did he would, according to the Betfair markets, meet either tournament favourite Roger Federer [2.94] or Novak Djokovic [4.7] in the final - the two men who have beaten him in straight sets in his three Grand Slam finals to date. Nobody ever said winning Wimbledon would be easy and Murray is going to have to up his game considerably if he's to be in contention this time next week.

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