When he is not competing on the circuit in such far-flung places as Uzbekistan, Liam Broady lives out of the back of his old Nissan Juke car, or sleeps on friends' sofas.
His belongings are scattered between his car ('It's a mess,' he confessed in a recent interview), a pal's flat in Manchester and a fellow tennis pro's home in Nottingham. You might deduce, from all this, that Liam Broady is not a product of the so called 'country club set'. He didn't go to public school. He comes from Stockport, not Surrey, and, until his battling performance on Court 18, picking up a cheque for £47,000 in the process, his career prize money since turning pro at the start of last year totalled £66,000 - barely enough to cover coaching and travelling costs.
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