Yap Roy King (Chinese: 葉睿慶; pinyin: Yè Ruìqìng; born 10 February 2001) is a Malaysian badminton player.[1][2] He won two silver medals at the 2023 SEA Games, in the men's team event[3] as well as the mixed doubles event.[4]
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 Ooi Jhy Dar in men's doubles and Gan Jing Err in mixed doubles.[5] In the following week, he and Ooi won their second title in two weeks at the India Junior International.[6]
In July, he was crowned double national champion after winning the 2023 National Championships men's doubles event with Arif and the mixed doubles event with Siow.[11]
In September, Yap and Siow entered the final of Indonesia Masters I. They successfully captured the mixed doubles title after defeating Japan's Hiroki Nishi and Akari Sato in three games.[12]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[15] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (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.[16]
^Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
