Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth

Pia Zebadiah
Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Birth name	Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1989-01-22) January 22, 1989 Medan, North Sumatra
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Richard Mainaky
Women's doubles & Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	6 (Women's Doubles), 6 (Mixed doubles) (November 14, 2013, September 26, 2013)
Current ranking	7 (Women's Doubles), 10 (Mixed Doubles) (November 26, 2013)
Medal record Competitor for  Indonesia World Junior Championships Bronze 2006 Incheon Girls Doubles

Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (known Pia Zebadiah, born Medan, North Sumatra; January 22, 1989) is a female badminton player from Indonesia. She is the sister of men's doubles world and Olympic champion Markis Kido.

Career

Women's Singles

In 2007 she contributed to the Indonesian women's team's capture of the gold medal at the SEA Games by beating Singapore's Gu Juan 21-15, 17-21, 21-12 in the decisive match.

Perhaps her best performance came in the 2008 Uber Cup. She helped Indonesia to defeat Germany in the semifinals by dominating Karin Schnaase 21-7, 21-15.

She played in the 2008 Indonesia, Japan, and Denmark Super Series events, advancing farthest in Denmark where she reached the quarterfinals.

Another good performance came at the Chinese Taipei Open, where she defeated her compatriot Maria Kristin Yulianti, who won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games, in the quarter-final. However, she lost to the young star from India, Saina Nehwal, in the semifinals.

Women's Doubles

Now Pia Zebadiah play in women doubles with Rizki Amelia Pradipta. Previously, she played with Debby Susanto, but the result was not so good.They often defeated in the earlier round of a tournament. Because, Pia are confused she can't play well in several tournaments in women's doubles discipline, she then break her partnering with Susanto. In 2011, Pia decided to be a professional player along with his brother, Kido, rather than be in national training center. After being professional player, she making partner with Rizki. Pia achieved better result in women's doubles. In 2012, she with Pradipta won Chinese Taipei Open. While in 2013, they won Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold.

Mixed Doubles

Pia Zebadiah play in mixed doubles too, with Frans Kurniawan Teng. She always appear confident, and very lissom. In 2009, Pia Zebadiah take first title from New Zealand Open and defeated World Badminton Player No.10 Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama/Chau Hoi Wah from Hong Kong.In 2010 They reached as semi-finalist in Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold they defeated by Lilyana Natsir/Tantowi Ahmad. In 2011, They could reach their first final super series, but defeated by their Indonesianmate too in the final by Lilyana Natsir/Tantowi Ahmad with just straight sets 21-18, 23-21. They became the main pair of mix double in Sudirman Cup causing by Injured of Lilyana Natsir and they could play quite good.

Personal life

She started playing badminton in Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. Her parents are Djumharbey Anwar (father) and Yul Asteria Zakaria (mother). In spare time she plays football. Her brothers, Bona Septano, and Markis Kido, are also Indonesian national badminton players.

Achievements

Mixed Doubles with Markis Kido

Women's Doubles with Rizki Amelia Pradipta

Women's Doubles with Debby Susanto

Mixed Doubles with Hafiz Faisal

Mixed Doubles with Fran Kurniawan

External links

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• BWF Player Profile

World rankings · Top ten badminton players as of April 23, 2015   Men's singles 1. Chen L () 2. J Ø Jørgensen () 3. Lin D () 4. S Kidambi () 5. Shon W-h () 6. V Axelsen () 7. K Momota () 8. Chou T-c () 9. Wang ZM () 10. T Sugiarto ()   Women's singles 1. S Nehwal () 2. C Marín () 3. Li XR () 4. Wang SX () 5. Tai T-y () 6. Sung J-h () 7. R Intanon () 8. Wang YH () 9. Sun Y () 10. N Okuhara ()   Men's doubles 1. Lee Y-d / Yoo Y-s () 2. M Boe / C Mogensen () 3. M Ahsan / H Setiawan () 4. Lee S-m / Tsai C-h () 5. H Endo / K Hayakawa () 6. Chai B / Hong W () 7. Liu XL / Qiu ZH () 8. Fu HF / Zhang N () 9. M Conrad-Petersen / M Pieler Kolding () 10. Ko S-h / Shin B-c ()   Women's doubles 1. M Matsutomo / A Takahashi () 2. Tian Q / Zhao YL () 3. Luo Ying / Luo Yu () 4. Wang XL / Yu Y () 5. K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen () 6. R Kakiiwa / M Maeda () 7. N K Maheswari / G Polii () 8. E Muskens / S Piek () 9. Lee S H / Shin S C () 10. Jung K-e / Kim H-n ()   Mixed doubles 1. Zhang N / Zhao YL () 2. J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen () 3. Xu C / Ma J () 4. Liu C / Bao YX () 5. T Ahmad / L Natsir () 6. Lu K / Huang YQ () 7. C Adcock / G Adcock () 8. Ko S-h / Kim H-n () 9. M Pieler Kolding / K Rytter Juhl () 10. M Fuchs / B Michels ()

Top Ten Indonesian Badminton Players - Women's doubles as of 26 March 2015 1. N Maheswari / G Polii (8 ) 2. S Irawati / V Marissa (14 ) 3. P Bernadeth / R Pradipta (20 ) 4. D Fitriani / N Melati (31 ) 5. S Andini / T Nuraidah (34 ) 6. K Hanadia / D Permatasari (39 3) 7. M Giovani / R Putri Sari (49 5) 8. A Awanda / D Haris (54 ) 9. V Aprilsasi / M Jauhari (68 ) 10. R Amelia / K Dewi (80 )

Top Ten Indonesian Badminton Players - Mixed doubles as of 26 March 2015 1. T Ahmad / L Natsir (3 ) 2. R Widianto / R Dili (9 ) 3. P Jordan / D Susanto (12 ) 4. M Rijal / V Marissa (14 ) 5. E Subaktiar / G Widjaja (24 1) 6. M Kido / P Bernadeth (25 1) 7. R Alexander / M Oktaviani (30 1) 8. A Prasetya / A Saufika (31 8) 9. F Kurniawan / K Dewi (67 21) 10. I Fadhilah / W Anggraini (72 7)