Nearly man Niland not giving up on the dream
CHANCES are, you dropped in on his life at the best of times and got out while the going was still good.
Wimbledon 2011? You saw it. US Open 2011? We’re pretty sure you witnessed that too. But to think that is Conor Niland’s life is to see a person on the street in Armani, without realising they live in a bed-sit. While he briefly brushed against glamour, this is a story of sport on the breadline. Just like the Hollywood actor starts off in a local amateur dramatic society, the pro tennis player starts off in the mire too. Only, at 30, Niland is still there, always a racket string or two from a fortune.
