Yap Roy King Explained

Yap Roy King
叶睿庆
Country:Malaysia
Birth Date:2001 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Johor, Malaysia
Years Active:2015–present
Handedness:Right
Event:Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:33 (MD with Junaidi Arif, 9 July 2024)
43 (XD with Valeree Siow, 30 July 2024)
Current Ranking:33 (MD with Junaidi Arif)
43 (XD with Valeree Siow)
Date Of Current Ranking:30 July 2024
Bwf Id:5087184c-ee87-41d4-a241-6006c7f4cbe0

Yap Roy King (Chinese: t=葉睿慶|p=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 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 Ooi Jhy Dar in men's doubles and Gan Jing Err in mixed doubles.[3] In the following week, he and Ooi won their second title in two weeks at the India Junior International.[4]

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.[5]

2021

In August, Yap won two titles at the Latvia International together with Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman in men's doubles and Valeree Siow in mixed doubles.[6]

In the following month, he and Siow won another two more titles back-to-back, the Hellas International and the Ukraine International.[7]

2023

In May, Yap made his debut at the 2023 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event.[8] 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.[9]

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]

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.[13] They fell to Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in three games, finishing as runners-up.[14]

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Mixed doubles

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

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]

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2021Latvia International Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman Junaidi Arif
Muhammad Haikal
21–23, 21–15, 21–19 Winner
2023Nantes International Junaidi Arif Putra Erwiansyah
Patra Harapan Rindorindo
21–16, 14–21, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2021Latvia International Valeree Siow Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman
Low Yeen Yuan
22–20, 21–15 Winner
2021Hellas International Valeree Siow Carl Christian Mork
Solvår Flåten Joergensen
21–13, 21–17 Winner
2021Ukraine Open Valeree Siow Johannes Pistorius
Emma Moszczynski
21–19, 21–12 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles)

Boys' doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Malaysia Junior International Ooi Jhy Dar Justin Hoh
Fazriq Razif
21–14, 21–14 Winner
2019India Junior International Ooi Jhy Dar Takuma Kawamoto
Tsubasa Kawamura
17–21, 21–16, 23–21 Winner

Mixed doubles

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roy King YAP Profile . 15 May 2023 . bwfbadminton.com.
  2. Web site: Yap Roy King BAM . . 10 February 2001 . 16 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Roy King raih gelaran berganda . Helmi . Talkah . 25 August 2019 . 15 May 2023 . . ms .
  4. Web site: India Junior International: Double delight for Malaysia . 1 September 2019 . bam.org.my . 20 September 2023 .
  5. Web site: Bittersweet run for Malaysia’s Roy King . 11 October 2019 . 15 May 2023 . . subscription .
  6. Web site: Roy King on a roll in Latvia International . Fabian . Peter . 31 August 2021 . . 15 May 2023 .
  7. Web site: Roy King aims to extend reign after Europe high . 12 September 2021 . 15 May 2023 . The Star . subscription .
  8. Web site: Men’s badminton squad take silver in finals . 11 May 2023 . . 16 May 2023 .
  9. Web site: SEA Games 2023: Scratch pair Roy King-Su Yin forced to settle for silver . Kirubashini . R. . 16 May 2023 . 16 May 2023 . The Star .
  10. Web site: Roy King-Arif achieve breakthrough win in France . Tan . Ming Wai . 18 June 2023 . New Straits Times . 15 August 2023 .
  11. Web site: Double joy for Roy King . Fabian . Peter . 9 July 2023 . New Straits Times . 15 August 2023 .
  12. Web site: Roy King-Valeree win first international crown at Indonesia Masters . Fabian . Peter . 10 September 2023 . New Straits Times . 10 September 2023 .
  13. Web site: Peter . Fabian . 31 March 2024 . Arif-Roy King close in on maiden World Tour title at Spain Masters . 31 March 2024 . New Straits Times .
  14. Web site: Arif-Roy King settle for second best at Spain Masters . Fabian . Peter . 31 March 2024 . New Straits Times . 31 March 2024 .
  15. 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.
  16. 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.