The Estrella Damm Alicante Open will see the debut of several new couples and, among them, will be the one formed by two great players who are preparing to start their new sports project with great enthusiasm. Veterancy and youth; experience and desire to grow… We will have to closely follow the evolution of a duo that can give a lot to talk about in the final stretch of this season.
Padel World Press .- On the afternoon of Wednesday 09 in August, in a training match played on the slopes of the 2.0 Paddle Club we could see them in action for the first time. What seemed like a simple meeting to prepare the next round of the World Paddle Tour Circuit ended up showing a news that very few expected: And Fernando Poggi-Gonzalo Rubio confirmed that they had decided to join forces.
At his 41 years, Fer occupies the position number 38 of the WPT Ranking and this campaign, along with Uri Botello, came to be present in the Challenger semifinals of Murcia. After starting the campaign reaching the quarterfinals of the Santander Open, the former World Champion along with Cristian Gutiérrez in 2012 did not finish finding the expected game next to the Melilla, which is why both decided to take separate paths.
For his part, Gonzalo Rubio started this 2017 with great enthusiasm in the company of Víctor Ruiz and, although they were going more in their feelings and their results, the call of Jordi Muñoz made the Murcian decided to take the opportunity to compete next to one of the best players in the history of Spanish paddle. In this situation, the member of the HEAD Pádel Rebel Team He played the Gran Canaria European Open Sport Island with Matías Nicoletti, with whom he defeated Gaby Reca-Aris Patiniotis in the first round (6-2 and 6-3) before falling, showing a very good image, in front of Miguel Lamperti-Juani Mieres (7-6 and 6-3).
Poggi-Rubio… Interesting union of generations, styles, characteristics and conceptions when interpreting the common passion that unites them: paddle tennis.
As the young Sevillian player pointed out through his social networks:
"My partner for the rest of the season will be @fernandopoggi.
We are already working together to dock and get the most out of it.
Work, work and work to achieve goals.
#headpadel, #viafina, #dentalworld, #worldpadeltour
Gonzalo Rubio. "
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