Andy Murray exiled at Wimbledon as All England Club will not put former champion on Centre Court for return Andy Murray makes his much-anticipated return to Wimbledon next week But he looks set to play away from Centre Court despite enormous interest It is logistically difficult to play doubles matches on the showcourts Two-time singles champion will play doubles alongside Pierre-Hugues Herbert By Mike Dickson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 BST, 26 June 2019 | Updated: 22:39 BST, 26 June 2019 Viewcomments Andy Murray's much-anticipated return to Wimbledon next week looks set to take place away from Centre Court, despite the enormous interest in his reappearance. Schedulers at the All England Club have been wrestling with the dilemma of where to put the two-time singles champion when he plays his first-round doubles match alongside Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Senior sources at Wimbledon have told Sportsmail that logistically it will be very difficult to put them on Centre at first, and that Court One is not an easy proposition either. Court Two is being discussed instead. Andy Murray is set to make his Wimbledon comeback in the doubles next week One reason is the likely timing of the match, while another is the concern for the condition of the grass on the main show courts, which have to be paced to last the fortnight. With men's doubles being played over the best of five sets, matches can take three hours or more. There is a worry that the use of a relatively fresh surface by four doubles players early in the tournament, on top of the regular singles, will place stress on the grass. There is also the need to focus on the early rounds of the singles draws before the doubles tournament properly gets under way. He has not played at the All England Club since a quarter-final defeat two years ago The two-time champion will have to play his early matches away from the showcourts Officials are said to be mindful of the interest in Murray's return and emphasise that it would not be a snub, pointing to common practice in other years. In 2018, doubles matches were not played on the bigger courts until the middle Saturday, and the first men's doubles on Centre was not until Murray's brother Jamie played there on the second Monday, following three unusually quick singles contests. Court Two is a possible venue for Murray to take his bow — two years after limping out of the singles quarter-finals with long-term hip trouble — as it seats 4,000 spectators and is ticketed separately to other courts, making crowd control easier. Nothing is set in stone as the draws do not take place until Friday morning, and it cannot be known which side of them players are on. Another complication is that Herbert is playing in the singles event, which takes scheduling priority. Officials are said to be mindful of the interest in the 32-year-old's return to Wimbledon He and Murray could probably play on the first Wednesday at the earliest, while the normal start day for mixed doubles, which he will also contest, is the first Friday, all things being equal weather-wise. The 32-year-old Scot is set to reveal in the next 24 hours who has agreed to partner him in the mixed event. Given his lack of play prior to Sunday's triumph at Queen's, he and Herbert were not named in the doubles seedings for Wimbledon when the full lists emerged. The highest-seeded Brits of any description were, however, in the men's doubles with Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski at No 10. French Open semi-finalist Jo Konta is seeded 19 in the women's singles while Kyle Edmund will be placed at No 30 in the men's singles draw. Murray made a roaring comeback last week as he and Feliciano Lopez won doubles at Queen's As expected, the most significant change due to the grass court formula used is Rafael Nadal going down to No 3 from his world ranking of No 2, much to his chagrin. With the conditions having slowed down so much in recent years there is an increasing division of opinion about whether the formula — which only applies to the men, dating back to 2002 — is needed. Nadal is 1,325 points ahead of world No 3 Roger Federer but may now have to beat the Swiss and Novak Djokovic back-to-back to win the title. Aside from Federer, another big beneficiary of the formula is South African Kevin Anderson who, despite having missed a lot of this season with injury and slipping to eight in the rankings, will be seeded No 4. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility