Sergio Alba and Francisco Gil are two players of the World Padel Tour who, after a big end of the 2019 season, spent 4 laps in Marbella. Two eye-catching and sympathetic players.

We had the chance to interview Sergio Alba, 29 years old, and currently 66th in the ranking of World Padel Tour. Former student in STAPS, he is known for always give everything on the track, with his partner Francisco Gil, 69th at the WPT, and which comes from win the FIP Rise de Mérida. The two men, who train in Madrid, with Adrian Caviglia, overview alongside Clergue / Godallier in Marbella, hit hard in the first tournament of the season, winning four games in three sets, before losing in eighths 6/4 6/2 against Lima / Navarro.

Padel Magazine : Francisco and you are not necessarily well known to the general public in France, can you tell us since when you've been playing together, what are your goals in the padel ?

Sergio Alba: Francisco and I have been sharing the track since 2018. From the start we wanted to build a serious project, training together and trying to change our vision of padel together. Our first goal is to improve ourselves, always with the goal of entering the WPT tournament table. We hope in the future to have a ranking that will allow us to find ourselves directly in the final table. (note: they are currently starting in Previas).

PM: At your level, can you live only on padel ?

HER : We cannot live solely on the professional player part of padel”. So we both teach padel, trying not to overdo it so that you can save time for training and recovery.

PM: Having seen you play several times, and knowing that you have studied in STAPS, I imagine that you attach particular importance to physical preparation, don't you?

HER : Of course, today the physical aspect seems essential to me, whatever the sport. We realize that the padel is an increasingly powerful game, with increasingly ready players. For my part, I love physical preparation so I try to apply all my knowledge on my own training. In addition to that, I am followed by Exito28Madrid (personal training professionals), and by Martin Villar, who trains me specifically on the “field” part.

PM: Does all this represent a large weekly hourly volume?

HER : It depends of course on the weeks, because sometimes we are in a tournament for several days in a row, but basically I do 1 hours of physics in the field on Mondays and Wednesdays, and two hours indoors on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. In addition to the workouts of padel, matches etc.

PM: In these times of coronavirus, do you manage to keep yourself in shape?

HER : I don't let myself be put down, I do a double daily session of physical training at home, using all the equipment I have, whether it is sports equipment or not! I put all my training on Instagram (@s_alba1990). Basically I do a day of strength work, a day of resistance. And the second workout of the day is more focused on compensation work, injury prevention, muscle control, or flexibility. I got it into my head that I should take this period as a new preseason and I am confident that those who are seriously working on their physique right now, will be rewarded when we can start playing the game again. padel, whether in terms of performance, or injury prevention!

 

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