Philip Joper Escueta Explained

Philip Joper Escueta
Birth Date:23 August 1993
Birth Place:Pila, Laguna, Philippines[1]
Height:1.720NaN0
Event:Men's doubles
Handedness:Right
Highest Ranking:56
Date Of Highest Ranking:23 September 2015
Current Ranking:209
Date Of Current Ranking:6 September 2022
Bwf Id:A166EC3A-2E1A-4801-9396-00E935CCD95E

Philip Joper Escueta (born August 23, 1993) is a Filipino badminton player.[2] Escueta and his partner in men's doubles, Ronel Estanislao, won a bronze medal in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[3] Escueta currently coaches the Philippines national badminton team.

Career

In his junior days, he played in the men's singles discipline and competed in a few BWF Superseries tournaments. In 2011, he competed in the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships.

Philip made his transition to playing men's doubles fully in 2012. He also represented the Philippines in the world mixed team tournament, also known as the Sudirman Cup.

In 2015, he competed in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. He and his partner Ronel Estanislao unexpectedly beat home favourites Terry Hee and Hendra Wijaya in the first round. They would go onto beating Ngoun Kanora and Teav Yongvannak in the quarterfinals and guaranteed themselves a bronze medal. They lost the semifinal to world number 1 pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. This is his biggest career achievement to date.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philip Joper ESCUETA Player Profile. bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. 27 September 2015.
  2. Web site: Players: Philip Joper Escuaeta. Badminton World Federation. 3 July 2017.
  3. News: Badminton Semifinals: 15 June Highlights - 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015. 27 September 2015. seagames2015.com. 15 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928080447/https://www.seagames2015.com/news/news-articles/2015/6/badminton-semifinals-15-june-highlights. 28 September 2015.