New rising MD stars from “The Land of Thousand Islands”, Indonesia . You will hear more of their names in the future. Gideon Markus Fernaldi / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo is young and talented pro player from Indonesia who has the potential to beat any world-class players. #1. Name: Gideon Markus Fernaldi Born: 9[SUP]th[/SUP] March 1991 (age 24) Place of birth: Jakarta, Indonesia Height: 165cm Handedness: Right Racket: MX90 Current BWF world ranking: 73 (with Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) Highest BWF world ranking achieved: 8 (with Markis Kido, dated 10/23/2014) Achievements: Year 2015 Swiss Open – Semi Final (with Kevin SS) All England Superseries – Quarter Final (with Kevin SS) Year 2014 French Open – Quarter Final (with Markis Kido) Denmark Open - Quarter Final (with Markis Kido) Indonesia Masters - Champion (with Markis Kido) Indonesia Open - Quarter Final (with Markis Kido) Malaysia GPG – Semi Final (with Markis Kido) Swiss Open - Quarter Final (with Markis Kido) All England Superseries – Semi Final (with Markis Kido) Malaysia Open - Quarter Final (with Markis Kido) Year 2013 Hongkong Superseries – Quarter Final (with Markis Kido) French Open – Champion (with Markis Kido) Indonesia Open – Semi Final (with Markis Kido) Photo of Gideon Markus Fenaldi: #2. Name: Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Born: 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] August 1996 (age 19) Place of birth: Banyuwangi, East Java Height: 170cm Handedness: Right Racket: MX80 and MX80N Current BWF world ranking: 73 (with Gideon Markus Fenaldi) Highest BWF world ranking achieved: 32 (with Selvanus Geh, dated 10/23/2014) Achievements: Year 2015 Swiss Open – Semi Final (with Gideon MF) All England Superseries – Quarter Final (with Gideon MF) Year 2014 Bulgarian international – Champion (with Selvanus Geh) Indonesia Masters – Runner-up (with Selvanus Geh) Vietnam GP Open - Quarter Final (with Selvanus Geh) Chinese Taipei Open - Quarter Final (with Selvanus Geh) New Zealand Open - Semi Final (with Selvanus Geh) Vietnam International Challenge – Champion (with Selvanus Geh) Year 2013 BWF World Junior Championship – Champion XD (with Masita Mahmudin) BWF World Junior Championship – Quarter Final MD (with Arya Maulana Adiartama) Suhandinata Cup – Champion XD (with Masita Mahmudin) Suhandinata Cup – Champion MD (with Arya Maulana Adiartama) Photo of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo: More Photos of Gideon MF and Kevin SS: Sources and Photos from BWF and Victor Indonesia.
Yes, in most recent tournaments, he is using JS10. From the above pictures where he wear Victor light blue color jersey, he is using JS10.
Oppsss....thanks for the correction buddy, yes they are so close yet so far to win the World Junior Championship, just lost by a whisker :crying:.
JS10 supposedly is way lighter, all-around, less stiff but still pack powerful smash than BS12? This is a new racket along with Victor 2 new: JS Natsir, JS Tontowi.
I was watching live Sudirman Cup simulation between Kevin/Gideon vs Ricky/Angga. It's quite sad that there will be only 2 pairs maximum that will go to Olympics even though I think there are 3 pairs that deserves to be there. The 2 pairs and Ahsan/Hendra
Sen, who won the simulation match? I hope Gideon/Kevin will qualify for the olympic on merit and replace Ahsan/Setiawan as Indonesia no.1 MD when the latter retired.
I heard Kevin/Gideon won the match. BTW the profile above don't think Kevin is any taller than Gideon. I think both are 165cm..
Kevin/Gideon won in straight set. They totally dominated in the beginning. Gideon at the back kept on smashing. Kevin with his smart placing found all the empty spaces and makes Angga/Ricky have to lift. Towards the end, Gideon smashes seemed weaker so they were playing more rally and placing and Angga/Ricky found their form and the matches getting more interesting. But still Kevin/Gideon won it.
Haha....indeed, at first I don't believe Kevin is 1.70m but after I reviewed this photo (see below), I somehow have to agreed. From the picture below Kevin is slightly taller than Gideon, and if Gideon is 1.65cm, maybe Kevin are around 1.68cm to 1.70cm......
well look at this picture (Credit to bulutangkis.com) Kevin is definately taller than gideon and a bit taller than Liliyana natsir (168 cm) so 170 cm seems right
[MENTION=64306]wetsvandal[/MENTION] thanks a lot, nice photo. Look like the 5cm gap between Kevin and Gideon do make sense from the above photo.