Lo Sin Yan Explained

Lo Sin Yan
盧善恩
Birth Name:Cheng Sin Yan
鄭善恩
Full Name:Happy Lo Sin Yan
Country:Hong Kong
Birth Date:2003 2, df=yes[1]
Height:1.68 m
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's singles
Highest Ranking:44
Highest Ranking Date:7 May 2024
Current Ranking:47
Current Ranking Date:30 July 2024
Bwf Id:1A5BDC26-60F9-41EC-AE9B-9ACEA5A0FE91

Happy Lo Sin Yan (; born 25 February 2003) is a badminton player from Hong Kong.[2] She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Career

She was a member of the Hong Kong team that participated at the 2022 Asian Games, where she lost her opening match to Japanese world number 10 and defending champion, Aya Ohori.[3] In the team event, she lost to Taiwanese player Tai Tzu-ying as part of a 3–0 defeat for Hong Kong.[4]

In December 2023, she defeated top seed Hsu Wen-chi on her way to the final at the 2023 Odisha Masters.[5] [6] She competed for Hong Kong that reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Malaysia.[7]

She competed in the women's singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]

Women's singles

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2023Swedish Open Hina Akechi12–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2024Iran Fajr International Tasnim Mir21–14, 21–12 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lo Sin Yan Happy. Eurosport. 29 July 2024.
  2. Web site: LO Sin Yan Happy Profile . Badminton World Federation . 2024-07-30 .
  3. Web site: Paris Olympics: badminton star Happy Lo enlists help of sleep doctor ahead of Games debut. scmp.com. 29 July 2024. Paul. Mcnamara. 9 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Lee Zii Jia stunned as South Korea men's team beats Malaysia in Asia badminton. 29 September 2023. 29 July 2024. news.cn.
  5. Web site: Odisha Masters: Chirag Sen stuns third seed to enter quarters, top seed Wen Chi Hsu ousted. Sportstar. 29 July 2024. 14 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Olympics.com. Odisha Masters 2023 badminton: Tanisha Crasto-Dhruv Kapila crowned mixed doubles champions. 29 July 2024. 17 December 2023.
  7. Web site: Badminton Asia Team Championships: Indian Women's Team Confirm Historic First Medal. Outlook India. 29 July 2024. 16 February 2024.
  8. Web site: All The Hong Kong Athletes That Are Competing In The Paris 2024 Olympics. voguehk. 29 July 2024. 26 July 2024.
  9. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.