Actor Alban Deprez, born and raised in France, has appeared on several French television series, including the very popular "Madame le proviseur" and as the series regular role of Freddy in "Venus and Apollo."
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Alban Deprez to compete in U.S. Open Paddle Tennis Tournament in Venice Beach, CA
September 10, 2009 (Venice Beach, CA) Los Angeles-based French actor Alban Deprez will compete this weekend in the U.S. Open Paddle Tennis Tournament in Venice Beach, CA. Fellow Hollywood actor/French recording artist David Charvet ("Baywatch," "Melrose Place") last week was in the press playing paddle tennis in Los Angeles.
About Paddle Tennis (sources: wikipedia.com and theUSPTA.com)
Paddle tennis (Padel tennis or just Padel) is a racquet sport played extensively in Spain and Latin America.
Padel is typically played in doubles on an enclosed court about half the size of a tennis court. The balls used and the scoring is the same as normal tennis, just with a little less pressure, and so the biggest difference is that the court has walls and the balls can be played off them in a similar way as in the game of squash.
The sport was invented in Mexico by Enrique Corcuera in the late sixties. It is currently most popular in Spain, Mexico and some other Latin American countries and it is now beginning to spread rapidly across Europe and other continents. The sport's huge popularity along the Costa del Sol in southern Spain has exposed it to a large number of British residents and holiday-makers and this is one of the reasons it is beginning to take off in the UK.
The United States Paddle Tennis Association (USPTA) is an organization that governs the sport for its members, which includes individuals, municipalities, clubs and leagues. In 2009 the USPTA will sanction at least eight tournaments in California with expansion planned across the country. The organization provides national rankings of its members; maintains the official rules and etiquette of the sport; regulates standards for balls, paddles and courts; as well as manages its website.
About Alban Deprez
Actor Alban Deprez, born and raised in France, has appeared on several French television series, including the very popular "Madame le proviseur" and as the series regular role of Freddy in "Venus and Apollo."
Alban Deprez began his acting training immediately after high school in Paris and studied with The Actors' Studio life-time member Jack Waltzer (acting coach of Dustin Hoffman, Michelle Pfeiffer and Sigourney Weaver) in both Paris and in New York City. After playing a drug addict in "Sacco & Vanzetti" at the Théâtre 13 in Paris, Alban was cast in France Television's "Madame le proviseur," the most popular show on French television. Deprez then moved to New York City where he continued to hone his acting skills at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. After studying one year in New York City, Deprez returned to Paris, where he was cast in the French television series regular role of Freddy in "Venus and Apollo," directed and produced by Tonie Marshall. After the television series ended, Alban Deprez returned to theater as the lead in the play "Un Aperçu Du Bonheur" ("A Look At Happiness") at the Théâtre Du Funambule in Paris. Deprez now lives and works full-time as an actor in Los Angeles.
For more information on Alban Deprez, visit Alban's profile on IMDB.
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