Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/ Marcus Fernaldi Gideon vs Lakshya Sen/ Chirag Shetty | 2020 Badminton Asia

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/ Marcus Fernaldi Gideon vs Lakshya Sen/ Chirag Shetty | 2020 Badminton Asia

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995) is an Indonesian professional badminton player currently ranked world No. 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation.[3] He is from PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has been a member of the club since 2007.[4] He won the 2017 All England Open Super Series Premier with his current partner, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon.[5] He and Gideon were awarded the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two years in a row after collecting seven Super Series titles in 2017 and eight World Tour titles in 2018.[6][7]

Sukamuljo and Gideon are often referred to as "The Minions" because of their below average height and for their fast and agile playing style, bouncing here and there like the Minions in the film Despicable Me.[8][9] BWF commentator, Gillian Clark stated that Sukamuljo is one of the quickest player in the badminton world because of his unexpected shots and his ability to know where the next shot will be played.

Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (born 9 March 1991) is an Indonesian professional badminton player currently ranked world No. 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. He is from PB Jaya Raya, a badminton club in South Tangerang, Banten and has joined the club since June 2018.[3] He won the 2017 All England Open Super Series Premier with his current partner Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.[4] He and Sukamuljo were recognized as the most outstanding players, and awarded as the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two years in a row after collected seven Super Series titles in 2017 and eight World Tour titles in 2018.[5][6]

Gideon and Sukamuljo often referred as "The Minions" because of their height below average badminton players and they are also known for their playing style that is fast and very agile as if bouncing here and there just like Minions in the film Despicable Me, which is often jumping up and down.[7][8]

Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player.[1][2] He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, winning a gold in the mixed team event, and a silver in the men's doubles event.[3]

Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player.[1] Sen, born in Almora, belongs to a badminton family. His father, D. K. Sen, is a coach in India and his brother, Chirag Sen, is also an international badminton player.[2] Trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Sen has shown his talent as a badminton player at a young age, and has had a brilliant year in the junior badminton circuit in 2016. He became the number one junior singles player in BWF World Junior ranking in February, 2017. Sen also competed in the senior international level and won the men's singles title at the 2016 India International Series tournament.[3] He emerged as the champion at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships defeating the top seeded World No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the final.[4]

Sen participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics as the fourth seeded. He settled for boys' singles silver medal after losing to Chinese player Li Shifeng in straight games 15–21, 19–21.[5] He also competed in the mixed team event, and helped team Alpha win the gold medal.[6] Lakshya Sen on Sunday clinched his maiden BWF World Tour title by winning the Dutch Open men's singles title after beating Yusuke Onodera of Japan. The Dutch Open is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament.

He won the SaarLorLux Open which is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament. The tournament is held in Saarbrücken, Germany. He defeated China's Weng Hongyang in the final to claim the title.[7]

He claimed his fourth title in 2019 in Scottish Open in November, with a victory against Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in the men’s singles summit clash.[8]

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