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Abi Paterson

London

Freelance Journalist and Producer at Freelance

Contributor at The Athletic

Audio Producer. Found at @theathleticuk. Gold winner Best Sports Producer 2023 APAs. SJA One to Watch 2022. In Australia for the next year. Not seen a wombat.

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  • May 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Abi Paterson

    Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou is this week back in the city he once called home, and to mark his return, The Athletic's Abi Paterson has produced a new podcast series - Ange Postecoglou: Made in Melbourne I n August 2023, The Athletic 's Charlie Eccleshare foresaw a time in Ange Postecoglou's first season at Tottenham when pundits would just give up on the Australian's tactics and tell him to change.

  • Jan 27, 2024 | theathletic.com | Abi Paterson

    Rohan Bopanna is many mad statistics. Aged 43 years and 329 days he is the oldest man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam doubles title. At the 61st time of asking, he has won a Grand Slam men's doubles title, the most attempts anyone has had before winning. He has been at 17 Australian Opens, the joint most anyone has needed to win a men's doubles title, equalling compatriot Leander Paes.

  • Jan 26, 2024 | theathletic.com | Abi Paterson

    An eviction notice has been served. "This is Novak's living room. This is his home. I know from my experience that he would like to keep that as his home."That was Radek Stepanek, two-time doubles Grand Slam champion, speaking to the media earlier in the tournament when asked about a proposed meeting between the world No 1 and defending champion and Jannik Sinner, the young Italian looking to usurp him.

  • Jan 25, 2024 | theathletic.com | Abi Paterson

    Zheng Qinwen has reached her first Grand Slam final. In fact, she is the first person from China to do so in 10 years. Zheng grew up watching the last Chinese Grand Slam winner, Li Na, and has said she has watched the 2014 Australian Open final 'at least 10 times.' If you have been on tennis social media, no doubt you will have come across the image of Zheng watching Li win 10 years ago, transfixed by her achievement. Tennis in China was expected to boom as a result.

  • Jan 24, 2024 | theathletic.com | Matthew Futterman |Abi Paterson

    Coco Gauff is 34-4 since she got a tough draw at Wimbledon and lost in the first round to 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin. She had a 16-match win streak from the middle of August to early October. She is undefeated in 2024, a perfect 10-0, winning 20 of 22 sets. She played her worst match in aeons in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open on Tuesday against Marta Kostyuk, double-faulting nine times and allowing Kostyuk to break her serve seven times. And she still won.

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Abi Paterson
Abi Paterson @abipaterson
31 Mar 25

RT @adrianjclarke: In support of the @KJCfoundation here is a Handbrake Off special. @amylawrence71 & I sat down with @LeeDixon2 @9smudge…

Abi Paterson
Abi Paterson @abipaterson
31 Mar 25

Morning listening sorted: https://t.co/6G5MChU33c It’s @AdamLeventhal in LA with Thierry Henry, Alexi Lalas, Jesse Marsch, Carlos Vela, Tim Ream and plenty more. Sport and politics never mix, right??

Abi Paterson
Abi Paterson @abipaterson
30 Mar 25

RT @TheAthleticFC: In Los Angeles, California, four nations collided in a football tournament with an inescapable geopolitical backdrop. C…