What Andy Murray has to do to win Wimbledon

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If Andy Murray admitted to having nightmares about facing Novak Djokovic, it would likely shock few who have followed his career. The world No.1 was all that came between Briton's finest and a first French Open title last weekend, and Djokovic has a 24-10 lead in their head-to-head record, winning their last five meetings in majors. As attention turns to Queen's and Murray's home Grand Slam, on grass, what exactly does the world No.2 need to do to get past the Serbian and land another Wimbledon title?

Focus on his grass-court record against Djokovic

Murray has never lost to Djokovic on a lawn; in fact, he has never even dropped a set against him on the sport's original surface. Both of those matches came on Centre Court at the All England Club -- in the last four of the 2012 Olympic tournament and in the final of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Now, Djokovic isn't of the school of thought that 'grass is for cows': he likes the turf so much that he nibbled on the Centre Court surface after winning each of his three Wimbledon titles. But Murray's past victories on grass are likely to feature in both players' thinking should they run into each other again at the All England Club.

Get some coaching clarity

John McEnroe, an ESPN analyst, has been suggesting that Murray should get back together with his former coach, Ivan Lendl. Meanwhile, Jim Courier has been among those noting how Jamie Delgado did a fine job in guiding Murray to a first French Open final. Should Murray continue with Delgado as the main voice in his ear? Should he do as Milos Raonic has with McEnroe, and hire a grass-court consultant? One thing is for sure -- if there's any uncertainty in Murray's head, it won't be helpful for his title ambitions.

Deal with post-Paris expectations

The pressure on Murray at Britain's Grand Slam is hard to quantify but there is little doubt that he feels its full weight. "A painful reminder of the time of year," was how Murray once described the pre-Wimbledon ulcers he has suffered, in his book Seventy-Seven. His body's reaction to the pressures of preparing for a tournament that styles itself as tennis played in an English garden party, underlines the fact that he consistently finds this period to be the most stressful in the tennis calendar.

Optimists would hope Murray's first run to a Roland Garros final would alleviate some of that grass-court tension but, if anything, his Parisian adventures are going to have the opposite effect. One suspects that the British public will be thinking that if Murray can go so close on French clay -- where he came within two sets of becoming the first British men's singles champion since the 1930s -- then he should prosper again on the lawns of London; he was a grass-courter before he was ever a dirtballer, after all.

Enjoy life at home

For Murray, one of the pleasures of the grass-court swing is that he gets to sleep in his own bed. After all the time he spends in hotel rooms over the course of the year, that's no small thing. Given the arrival of his first child, daughter Sophia, in February, being at home in Surrey may mean more to him than ever before. In summers past, it has been Murray's dogs who have helped to keep him relaxed between appearances at the All England Club, but having his daughter around could be the antidote to the puzzle of trying to work out how to stop Djokovic.

Capitalise on French Open form

"Gutted -- Wimbledon can't come quickly enough," Delgado wrote on Twitter after Murray's defeat to Djokovic in France. Fatigue shouldn't be an issue for Murray: he would have once gone straight from a Parisian clay court to a London grass court. Now there's an extra 7 days between the European Grand Slams and, with the pre-Wimbledon swing extended to three weeks, Murray has had time for a few days of rest, recuperation and reflection.

Murray will open on the grass at next week's Aegon Championships at Queen's Club, where he will be attempting to win the tournament for a fifth time, and there should be no doubt that he can quickly make the transition from red to green courts. Djokovic, meanwhile, won't play any official tournaments before Wimbledon, even if he does make an appearance or two at an exhibition tournament at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire.