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The Australian Open draw is out, and so is The Tennis Podcast, dissecting and previewing what is to come over the next fortnight.

Catherine Whitaker is in the UK to present the tournament\\u2019s\\xa0 Highlights Show on Eurosport, David Law is in Melbourne for BBC Radio 5 Live, and so is the Telegraph\\u2019s correspondent Simon Briggs.

Andy Murray was drawn in the opposite half of the draw to Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, meaning he can only face one of them. According to Simon Briggs, Murray has the ideal draw. It\\u2019s not just an opinion, Briggs has crunched the numbers.

\\u2018Mathematically, Murray has the perfect draw,\\u201d Briggs tells The Tennis Podcast.\\xa0

\\u201cHe is scheduled play lowest possible seed in all four rounds leading up to the final (R3 - No.32 Joao Sousa, R4 - No.16 Bernard Tomic, QF - No.8 David Ferrer, SF - No.4 Stan Wawrinka). The odds of that happening are 256-1. He had some rough draws last year, but if he doesn\\u2019t do well this time we certainly can not blame the draw - he\\u2019s...

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