British tennis player Liam Broady has described the nostalgic memories he has of Nottingham after living in the city for several years as a teenager. The 28-year-old was speaking after coming from a set down to beat Finland's Otto Virtanen in the last 16.
Originally from Stockport, the British No 4 moved to the city to train at the Nottingham Tennis Centre at the beginning of his career. He famously came back to win from two sets to love down in the first round of Wimbledon in 2015, becoming the youngest British man to win a match at SW19 since 2008.
And his last 16 win at the Nottingham Open on Thursday evoked similar memories of the fighting spirit Broady showed when he completed that stunning comeback at Wimbledon seven years ago.
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Nottingham brings back plenty of memories for Broady as he told Nottinghamshire Live: "I used to train here when I was 18. I lived here for two or three years. and have some brilliant memories, especially around that sort of age.
"It was a bit of an all-star coaching cast here at the Tennis Centre with John Black, Mark Taylor and Leyton Alfred. I absolutely loved being in Nottingham so every year when I come back, it's really nostalgic for me walking around and seeing the hotels in the town centre and walking around all the places I used to go to.
"It's changed so much as well I think which is really nice to see. The stations a lot newer than it was when I when I first came here and there's a lot of investment going into the city and a lot of really nice food places and bars and restaurants here as well."
Broady will now face either Jack Sock or Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the quarter-finals and could then face fellow Brit Dan Evans in the semi-finals.
