Yap Roy King ( zh, t=葉睿慶, p=Yè Ruìqìng; born 10 February 2001) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won two silver medals at the

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, in the men's team event as well as the mixed doubles event.

Career

Yap made his international debut at the Jakarta Open Junior International U-15 in 2015.

2019

In August, he won his first international tournament at the Malaysia Junior International together with

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in men's doubles and Gan Jing Err in mixed doubles. In the following week, he and Ooi won their second title in two weeks at the India Junior International. In October, Yap competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships. He and Gan reached the mixed doubles event quarter-finals but lost to Thailand's Ratchapol Makkasasithorn and Benyapa Aimsaard.

2021

In August, Yap won two titles at the

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together with

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in men's doubles and

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in mixed doubles. In the following month, he and Siow won another two more titles back-to-back, the

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and the Ukraine International.

2023

In May, Yap made his debut at the

where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event. He later partnered with

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in the

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event and went on to win silver, falling to Indonesia's Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and

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in the final. In June, he captured the

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men's doubles title partnered with Junaidi Arif. In July, he was crowned double national champion after winning the 2023

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men's doubles event with Arif and the mixed doubles event with Siow. In September, Yap and Siow entered the final of Indonesia Masters I. They successfully captured the mixed doubles title after defeating Japan's

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and

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in three games.

2024

In late March, playing only their second tournament of the year after an injury layoff, Yap and Arif advanced to the Spain Masters final. They fell to

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and

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in three games, finishing as runners-up.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament :

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tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles)

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yap, Roy King 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Johor Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton