TENNIS in DEPTH.

The 16-year-old, who won the ­junior girls’ Wimbledon title in 2008, claims she prefers turning in early to wild nights out, dislikes drinking and hates smoking.

But she said of her fellow players were not so virtuous.

The British player said she goes to bed early after training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris.

She said: “We’re tucked in by 10pm. My coach knows I’m sensible. I don’t like the taste of alcohol and I hate smoke. Some go to nightclubs, but I’m not interested.

“Yes there are moments when you speak to your old friends, and they’re all going out to parties every weekend, and I’m stuck in Paris boring my brains out.”

The 5ft 11in player has, however, admits she has a crush on the retired Russian player Marat Safin. She said: “He’s phenomenally good-looking. But he’s old – he’s 30.”

She insisted there is no in-fighting among female competitors, whom she called ‘unbelievably strong women’.

While adhering to her strict regime, she relaxes with her best friend, Canadian player Eugenie ­Bouchard. She has a video stored in her Blackberry of them dancing in their underwear to a Miley Cyrus song, with Adidas pants on their heads.

Another prized Blackberry picture is of her with her “date” Andy Murray – then newly single – at the end-of-tournament dinner for the Australian Hopman Cup in which they reached the doubles final in January.

Courtesy of the ‘Telegraph’.

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