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
2005	Peru International	Kennie Asuncion	José Antonio Crespo Yoana Martinez	15-11, 12-15, 15-12	Winner
2006	Ballarat International	Kennie Asuncion	Renuga Veeran Raj Veeran	18-21, 21-14, 21-17	Winner
2006	North Harbour International	Kennie Asuncion	Daniel Shirley Gabby Shirley	17-21, 21-17, 21-13	Winner
2010	Maldives International	Karyn Velez	Udara Nayanajith Chandrika de Silva	24-22, 17-21, 21-13	Winner
2010	Lao International	Kennie Asuncion	Siriwat Matayanumati Pattaraporn Jindapol	11-21, 21-16, 21-17	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

External links

• BWF Player Profile