Kennevic Asuncion

Kennevic Asuncion (born March 21, 1980) is a male badminton player from the Republic of the Philippines.[1] He was born in Barbaza, Antique and is the son of former Philippine Badminton Team Coach Nelson Asuncion. He plays doubles with his sister Kennie Asuncion. The brother-sister team used to host a now defunct local Badminton TV show, Badminton Extreme along with their father. The show was canceled due to the siblings' training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In its steed a magazine called Badminton Extreme was released.

He won several international tournaments including the Peru Open.

Career

Asuncion played the 2006 Philippine Open Gold in mixed doubles, beat Indonesia's Trikus Hariyanto and Minarti Timur 21-15, 21-10 before losing to Sukdet Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand in the finals. He played for the 2009 Sudirman Cup in Guangzhou,China;with the other Filipino players, including his sister-Kennie. They showed good results in the said mixed team championships where they beat South Africa with a 1-4 score, before losing to Switzerland 4-1.

He is currently coaching the University of the Philippines and in the International School Manila' Badminton Team.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles)

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Lao International Kennie Asuncion Siriwat Matayanumati
Pattaraporn Jindapol		 11-21, 21-16, 21-17 Winner
2010 Maldives International Karyn Velez Udara Nayanajith
Chandrika de Silva		 24-22, 17-21, 21-13 Winner
2006 North Harbour International Kennie Asuncion Daniel Shirley
Gabby Shirley		 17-21, 21-17, 21-13 Winner
2006 Ballarat International Kennie Asuncion Renuga Veeran
Raj Veeran		 18-21, 21-14, 21-17 Winner
2005 Peru International Kennie Asuncion Jose Antonio Crespo
Yoana Martinez		 15-11, 12-15, 15-12 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Participants by Sport: Badminton". 15th Asian Games Doha 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-01-03.


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