Disappointed Forced to Resign from All England, Kevin Sanjaya Says RRQ Boss Wants to Move to Esports

GAMEFINITY.ID, Jakarta – The Indonesian badminton team had to bite their fingers after being forced to withdraw from the world’s oldest tournament, the All England. The reason is, during the flight to Birmingham, England, the Indonesian team shared the same plane with one of the passengers who tested positive for COVID-19.

British authorities stipulate that any foreign national on a flight on which a passenger has tested positive for COVID-19 must undergo isolation for 10 days. This made the Indonesian badminton team unable to participate in the All England competition even though they had arrived in England since Saturday (13/3/2021).

Some players spill their disappointment to the public. One of them is the men’s doubles player, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. How not to be upset, Kevin, who is paired with Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, is actually the first seed of the tournament. Moreover, they have been absent from international tournaments for about a year because of the corona virus pandemic.

The world number 1 pair actually had time to compete on Wednesday (17/3/2021) and got rid of the double host Matthew Clare/Ethan Van Leeuwen. The Minions, nicknamed Kevin/Marcus, were finally declared defeated by the French doubles Christo Popov/Toma Junior Popov because they could not compete, Thursday (18/3/2021).

“@bwf.official must be responsible,” Kevin wrote on via Instagram, Thursday (18/3/2021).

It turns out that Kevin’s complaint was also responded to by the Co-founder and CEO of RRQ, Andrian Pauline. AP encourages Kevin to stay strong.

“Stay strong bro,” wrote Andrian Pauline. Not long after, Kevin replied to the comment. In fact, he admits that he is ready to swerve to become an esports pro player.

“Thank you, boss, I just moved branches to become an esports pro player,” Kevin wrote with the addition of a laughing emoticon.

Kevin himself has been known as a gamer. Kevin once demonstrated his skill in competing with professional esports athletes such as Jess No Limit. Later, he was also involved in the Mobile Legends tournament titled Celebrity Superstars Battle which was held at the end of last October.

As reported by ANTARA, before the day of All England, there were a number of participants who tested positive for COVID-19, but in less than 24 hours they were declared negative and were able to compete.

Members of the national team themselves have twice carried out a PCR swab test, with both results showing negative. Not only that, the athletes have also undergone two vaccine injections in the country.