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		Kennie Asuncion	Renuga Veeran	18-21, 21-14, 21-17	Winner
2006	North Harbour International	Kennie Asuncion	Daniel Shirley	17-21, 21-17, 21-13	Winner
2010	Maldives International	Karyn Velez	Chandrika de Silva	24-22, 17-21, 21-13	Winner
2010	Lao International	Kennie Asuncion		11-21, 21-16, 21-17	Winner