Gideon Marcus Fernaldi / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Have minions met them before?

 

Yes at malaysia open last year

 

Kevin seemed to still have problems controlling his shots yesterday hope he can play better later today and tomorrow. Marcus looked pretty good with his attacks.

Honestly, I am very disappointed with Marcus new hair here

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Kevin/Marcus to Semifinal

Marcus : We are really happy to be able to win today

Kevin : The opponents today were quite strong and tricky. But we could play better by controlling the rallies

They will face the winner of Li/Liu cs Lu/Yang match later.

Marcus : All the opponents here are good pairs and pretty hard to play against. We really need to be very careful and give our best always




(Denmark Open 2019) Kevin/Marcus Rebut Tiket Semifinal
(Odense, 18/10/2019)


Tak butuh waktu lama buat Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon untuk memenangkan pertandingannya di babak perempat final Denmark Open 2019. Dalam waktu 25 menit saja, mereka mengantongi skor 21-16, 21-14 dari Han Cheng Kai/Zhou Hao Dong (Tiongkok). Satu tiket semifinal pun aman untuk Indonesia.


Kevin/Marcus memang sempat tertinggal di awal game pertama dengan 3-6 dan 6-8. Namun hal tersebut tak menjadi kendala besar buat mereka, sebab pada akhirnya Kevin/Marcus berhasil menyusul dan menang 21-16.


Di game kedua, Kevin/Marcus tak memberikan peluang sedikit pun kepada lawan untuk berkembang. Mereka berhasil menguasai permainan dan terus memperlebar jarak poin. Unggulan satu turnamen ini kemudian berhasil menang 21-14 di game kedua.


“Kami sangat senang karena bisa menang hari ini,” ujar Marcus singkat.


“Lawan hari ini cukup kuat dan sulit. Tapi kami bisa bermain lebih baik dengan mengontrol permainan,” imbuh Kevin usai laganya di Odense Sports Park, Denmark, Jumat (18/10).


Di babak semifinal Kevin/Marcus masih menunggu lawan antara Li Jun Hui/Liu Yuchen (Tiongkok) dengan Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han (Taiwan).


“Semua lawan di sini bagus dan susah juga dilawan, kami harus benar-benar hati-hati dan selalu melakukan yang terbaik,” kata Marcus kepada Badmintonindonesia.org.


Indonesia berpeluang menambah dua wakil lagi dari sektor ganda putra, ke semifinal Denmark Open 2019. Setelah ini akan ada Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan yang berhadapan dengan Hiroyuki Endo/Yuta Watanabe (Jepang) dan Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto yang melawan Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (Jepang).


https://m.badmintonindonesia.org/app/information/newsDetail.aspx?/8576

 

Anywhere to watch the replay of yesterday's match vs Han/Zhou?

 

Anybody knows when this was? 2015 perhaps, judging from Marcus sleeveless jersey and Kevin's smaller posture?

 

1st meeting with HokiKobayashi where HokiKoba had 3 match points. Had they won, maybe the H2H will have been different.

 

Something like 9-1 instead of 10-0?

 

So far, minions don't drop a game and finish their match all under 30 minutes.

R1 - 26 minutes
R2 - W/O
QF - 25 minutes
SF - 29 minutes
Final - ?

So typical of minions.

 

Typical minions in fast condition, that is. Hopefully they will defend their title tomorrow.

 

Well if they do, Gideon will have outright most SS from INA..

 

Their 7th final this year

 

How many finals they were in last year? 10?

 

Yes, they reached 10 finals last year. They won 9 titles last year, including AG. The only time they lost in final last year was French Open 2018.

 

Was that really what coach Herry said during the interval?

"If the big one b**** slap you, just hit it long. If the lefty b**** slap you, just b**** slap him back" LOLOL

 

Anyone noticed Marcus kinda developed some sort of a reverse slice drop? Not the steepest but caught opponents by surprise. Saw it once today and yesterday

 

He developed or he just carried it out? lol
Do your remember which score, I will watch the replay again later.

 

Not a shot I saw him use before, so I’ll say developed xD Can’t remember the score but for today’s match he used it when they were on the far side of the court

 

Another final vs Ahsan/Hendra.. sigh. I was actually hoping it would have been vs Kam/Son.
Felt kind of traumatised by the last final in CO when Ahsan was still injured. Ahsan seemed to be still struggling with his leg.

But minions will defend their title no matter what. Be ruthless and no mercy!!

 

Kevin is genius but damn, HerryIP is the superstar.

I dont know what KevinGideon & AhsanHendra will become without him. The way he articulates his messages are so decisive.

Ahsan is limping toward the end, maybe Minions need them to skip another tournament or two so that they can confirm their year end WR1. Its crazy tight now. That competitive spirit ....

 

All the best to minions.


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Marcus : We were satisfied with our performance today, but the opponents played so fast and they were also powerful. They kept pressurising us. But at the end we succeeded to control the game.
The shuttles here are really fast so we have to be able to maintain our game rhythm. We must keep up with them to win the match.

Kevin : Our final opponents candidates are strong players with vast experiences. Hendra/Ahsan is playing very well this year, and we played Kamura/Sonoda in the final last year. So we can't really choose our opponents, we will play our best and control the game

Marcus : We don't want to think about the result tomorrow, we want to focus one by one. We played quite well today, we hope we can play better tomorrow



(Denmark Open 2019) Kevin/Marcus Belum Terbendung


(Odense, 19/10/2019)


Penampilan ganda putra nomor satu dunia, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon masih belum terbendung di babak semifinal Denmark Open 2019. Mereka berhasil lolos dengan menaklukkan Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han (Taiwan) 21-16, 21-11 dalam 29 menit.


Kevin/Marcus berhasil mengontrol game pertama dengan baik. Dalam 14 menit mereka mengamankan skor 21-16. Di game kedua, sempat tertinggal tipis 6-8, Kevin/Marcus kemudian membalasnya dengan 12-8, 16-9 hingga akhirnya menang 21-11.


“Kami puas dengan penampilan kami hari ini, tapi lawan bermain sangat cepat, tenaganya juga kuat, mereka terus menekan kami. Tapi pada akhirnya kami berhasil mengontrol hal tersebut,” ujar Marcus mengenai laganya yang berlangsung di Odense Sports Park, Denmark tersebut.


“Shuttlecock di sini sangat cepat, jadi kami harus bisa menjaga ritme permainan kami. Kami harus bisa menyeimbanginya untuk memenangkan pertandingan,” kata Marcus lagi.


Kemenangan ini jadi yang kedua buat Kevin/Marcus atas Lu/Yang. Sebelumnya Kevin/Marcus pernah berhadapan di Malaysia Open 2018 dan menang 21-16, 21-17.


Di partai final Kevin/Marcus kini tinggal menunggu pemenang laga antara Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan dan Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (Jepang). Keduanya dikatakan Kevin/Marcus, merupakan lawan yang bagus.


“Dua calon lawan besok merupakan pemain yang kuat dan banyak pengalamannya. Hendra/Ahsan tahun ini bermain dengan sangat bagus, Kamura/Sonoda tahun lalu kami berhadapan di final. Jadi kami tidak bisa memilih lawan. Kami akan berusaha main yang terbaik dan mengontrol permainan,” ungkap Kevin.


“Kami tidak mau memikirkan soal hasil besok, kami mau fokus satu demi satu dulu. Hari ini kami bermain cukup bagus, semoga besok kami bisa tampil lebih baik lagi,” tukas Marcus.


Kevin/Marcus merupakan juara bertahan di Denmark Open. Tahun lalu ia duduki podium utama setelah mengandaskan Kamura/Sonoda dengan skor 21-15, 21-16.