The Manchester Trophy has always had a special place in Naomi Broady’s heart as the 29-year-old from Stockport returns to the Northern Club in Didsbury on a wildcard ticket she hopes can transform her season and career.

If you ask any professional athlete they will tell you strength and conditioning is paramount to their success, but that has not always been the case.

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club are hoping that the success of this year’s Aegon Manchester Trophy can help them return to their title of ‘Wimbledon of the North’.

British number three Naomi Broady eased into the second round of the Manchester Aegon Trophy after a 6-3 6-4 victory over India’s Ankita Raina.

British number three Naomi Broady is hoping to use the home crowd to her advantage as she prepares to play a professional tournament in Manchester for the first time.

Stockport’s Liam Broady has taken heart from his first-round defeat to 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray – saying he one day hopes to emulate the Scot and fellow Mancunian Fred Perry.

Stockport’s Liam Broady must relish the opportunity to test his mettle against Andy Murray on Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Tuesday, according to the Scot’s mother Judy.

Stockport’s Naomi Broady rued her inability to pull off a first-round comeback like her brother Liam but revealed she may have been behind his stunning revival at Wimbledon.

Broady and fellow Brit Neal Skupski are the only remaining all British pair in the mixed doubles at the All England Club after winning their third round match with Florin Mergea and Elina Svitolina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to delight a partisan home crowd on No. 1 court.

Skupski and Broady knocked out the ninth seeds David Marrero and Arantxa Parra-Santonja to secure their progress to the mixed doubles third round 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match held across two days due to bad weather.

Naomi Broady, after her first round win over Hungary’s Timea Babos, savoured her experience on No. 1 Court though lasted only 59 minutes as former world number one Caroline Wozniacki progressed 6-3, 6-2.