Yap Roy King
Yap Roy King (Chinese: 叶睿庆; 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] CareerYap made his international debut at the Jakarta Open Junior International U-15 in 2015. 2019In 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 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.[7] 2021In August, Yap won two titles at the Latvia International together with Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman in men's doubles and Valeree Siow in mixed doubles.[8] In the following month, he and Siow won another two more titles back-to-back, the Hellas International and the Ukraine International.[9] 2023In May, Yap made his debut at the 2023 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event.[3] He later partnered with Cheng Su Yin in the mixed doubles event and went on to win silver, falling to Indonesia's Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati in the final.[4] In June, he captured the Nantes International men's doubles title partnered with Junaidi Arif.[10] 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] 2024In late March, playing only their second tournament of the year after an injury layoff, Yap and Arif advanced to the Spain Masters final.[13] They fell to Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in three games, finishing as runners-up.[14] 2025In July right before the upcoming 2025 BWF World Championships, Yap and Arif won their maiden title in men's doubles at Macau Open against Sabar and Reza, on a slippery court and having tremendous delay in between during matches.[15] AchievementsSoutheast Asian GamesMixed doubles
BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[16] 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.[17] Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles)Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF Junior International (3 titles)Boys' doubles
Mixed doubles
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