Judy Murray has said she is struggling to let her Strictly Come Dancing partner Anton Du Beke take control on the dance floor.

The tennis coach, 55, is training for Friday's BBC1 show, which will see the celebrities compete live for the first time.

But Murray told Radio Times magazine that her aversion to having a man tell her what to do could hamper her chances of success.

"The hardest but most important thing I can do is to allow myself to be led by him [Du Beke]," she said.

"When I do, it's much easier and flows better. But so far I'm struggling to let him.

"Is it because I'm so used to being the teacher? Or is it just the idea of a man telling me what to do?"

Murray said that she had trouble remembering her steps.

"I can't remember the steps to my waltz from one hour to the next.

"Yesterday morning I managed to get through the whole sequence - a minor breakthrough - but by the time we'd finished lunch I couldn't remember a thing."