Yap Ling (simplified Chinese: 叶灵; traditional Chinese: 葉靈; pinyin: Yè Líng; born 1 April 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player.[1] She was part of the Malaysian squad that won a bronze medal in the 2021 Sudirman Cup. She also participated in the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup.

Yap Ling
叶灵
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 24)
Malacca, Malaysia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking67 (WD with Teoh Mei Xing, 17 March 2020)
258 (XD with Jeremy Juan, 5 September 2023)
Current ranking260 (XD with Jeremy Juan, 19 September 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Jakarta Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

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In 2017, Yap represented Malaysia as a team member and won the bronze and silver medal in the mixed team events of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships[2] and the BWF World Junior Championships respectively.[3] At the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, she won the bronze medal in the mixed team event. Yap was then transferred from the Bukit Jalil Sports School (youth team) to the national team.[4]

She partnered with Go Pei Kee and were semifinalists at the 2021 Czech Open.[5] They participated in the 2021 SEA Games.

Achievements

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BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 India International   Teoh Mei Xing   Pearly Tan
  Thinaah Muralitharan
18–21, 14–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "YAP Ling Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "亚洲青年羽球锦标赛‧吴堇溦领衔众小将出击‧国羽盼闯突破8强瓶颈". mymalaysiannews.com. 2017-06-23. Archived from the original on 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  3. ^ "【世青羽球赛】大马盼单项赛弥补失意 梁峻豪吴堇溦拼冠军". Nanyang Siang Pau. 2017-10-15. Archived from the original on 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  4. ^ "女双主力接连离队 罗斯曼准备重建国羽". See Hua Daily News. 2018-12-09. Archived from the original on 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  5. ^ "LI-NING Czech Open 2021: Senarai pemain badminton Malaysia". Retrieved 2022-05-03.
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