Darren Isaac Devadass

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Darren Isaac Devadass
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 27)
Men's doubles
Highest ranking82 (11 February 2016)
Medal record
BWF profile

Darren Isaac Devadass (born 3 February 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player. [1] He won his first international title at the 2012 Smiling Fish International in the men's doubles event partnered with Tai An Khang. [2] Devadass competed at the 2012 World and Asian Junior Championships, helped the team reaching the semi-finals, and settle for the bronze medal in Asia. [3] In 2014, he and Tai finished as the runner-up at the Bangladesh International Challenge. [4] Teamed-up with Vountus Indra Mawan, they clinched the men's doubles titles at the 2015 Auckland and Maribyrnong International tournament. [5]

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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Maribyrnong International Flag of Malaysia.svg Vountus Indra Mawan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
22–24, 21–10, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Auckland International Flag of Malaysia.svg Vountus Indra Mawan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Po Li-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ming-tse
21–7, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Bangladesh International Flag of Malaysia.svg Tai An Khang Flag of Malaysia.svg Low Juan Shen
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ong Yew Sin
21–19, 8–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Smiling Fish International Flag of Malaysia.svg Tai An Khang Flag of Thailand.svg Siriwat Matayanumati
Flag of Thailand.svg Pusanawat Saisirivit
14–21, 21–14, 24–22Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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