Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (born 22 January 1989) is an Indonesian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. She is the sister of men's doubles world and Olympic champion

Markis Kido Markis Kido (11 August 1984 – 14 June 2021) was an Indonesian badminton player specializing in men's doubles. As a former world number 1, he won the discipline's gold medal at the 2006 Badminton World Cup, 2006 World Cup, 2007 BWF World Cham ...

Career

Women's singles

In 2007, Zebadiah contributed to the Indonesian women's team's capture of the gold medal at the

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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

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in the semifinals by dominating Karin Schnaase 21–7, 21–15. She played in the 2008 Indonesia,

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, and Denmark Superseries, advancing farthest in Denmark where she reached the quarterfinals. Another good performance came at the Chinese Taipei Open, where she defeated her compatriot

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, who won the bronze medal at the

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, in the quarter-final. However, she lost to the young star from India,

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, in the semifinals.

Women's doubles

Pia Zebadiah plays in the women's doubles with Rizki Amelia Pradipta. Previously, she played with

Debby Susanto Debby Susanto (born 3 May 1989) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specializes in doubles. She joined PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java from 2006 until her retirement. Susanto known as Muhammad Rijal's longtime partn ...

, but they were often defeated in the earlier rounds of a tournament. Because she couldn't play well in several tournaments in the women's doubles discipline, she broke her partnership with Susanto. In 2011, Zebadiah decided to be a professional player along with her brother Kido, rather than be in the national training center. After becoming a professional player, she became partners with Pradipta. Together they achieved better results in women's doubles. In 2012, she with Pradipta won Chinese Taipei Open, and in 2013, they won the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold.

Mixed doubles

Pia Zebadiah played in the mixed doubles with Fran Kurniawan. She always appeared confident, and very lissom. In 2009, Zebadiah took the first title from

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and defeated World number 10 Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama and Chau Hoi Wah from Hong Kong. In 2010, they reached the semi-finals in the Indonesia Grand Prix Gold, but were defeated by

Tontowi Ahmad Tontowi Ahmad (born 18 July 1987) is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He plays for PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and joined the club in 2005. Tontowi Ahmad rose to prominence in the world badminton in 2010 when he pa ...

and

Liliyana Natsir Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tremendous ...

. In 2011, they could reach their first final in the Superseries event at the

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, but they were once again defeated by Ahmad and Natsir with just straight sets of 18–21 and 21–23. They became the main pair of mixed doubles in the

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due to Natsir injury.

Personal life

Zebadiah started playing badminton in Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. Her parents are Djumharbey Anwar (father) and Yul Asteria Zakaria (mother). In her spare time she plays

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. Her brothers,

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, and

, are also Indonesian national badminton players.

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

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(BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Mixed doubles'' : Superseries Finals Tournament : Superseries Premier Tournament : Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : Grand Prix Gold tournament : Grand Prix tournament

International Challenge/Series/Satellite (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zebadiah, Pia 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Medan Indonesian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Asian Games badminton players for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Summer World University Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade