“You’re either put in the outside courts team or if you’re good and switched on then you get put on the show courts team – and I was always on the outside.
When Andy Murray won Wimbledon in 2016, the tennis ace was at SW19 that fortnight collecting stats on the outside courts in a bladder-testing role.
Patten, 28, and his partner Harri Heliovaara will take on Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the Men's Doubles Final on Saturday at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
“When I’m playing, especially on the outside courts, you can spot someone in an IBM T-shirt sitting in front of a computer, just tapping buttons and inputting all of the data.
HENRY PATTEN has come a long way on his journey to the Australian Open final.
