Yip Pui Yin

Yip Pui Yin
Personal information
Birth name 葉姵延
Country  Hong Kong
Born (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987
Hong Kong
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Wang Chen
Women's singles
Current ranking 26 (19 March 2015)
Medal record
Women's Badminton
Asian Games
2006 Doha Singles
2010 Guangzhou Singles
Badminton Asia Championships
2008 Johor Bahru Singles
East Asian Games
2009 Hong Kong Singles
2009 Hong Kong Team
2013 Tianjin Team
BWF profile

Yip Pui Yin (Chinese: 葉姵延; pinyin: Yè Pèiyán; Jyutping: jip6 bui6 jin4; born 6 August 1987) is a badminton player from Hong Kong.

Career

2005

She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round after beating Laura Molina of Spain and Kanako Yonekura (11th seed) in round one and round two respectively. In the third round she was beaten by the 1st seed and reigning world champion Zhang Ning of China.

2006

She won the silver medal in the 2006 Asian Games after losing to fellow Hong Kong player Wang Chen in the final.

2007

In 2007, she played at the World Championships and was defeated in the third round by Zhu Lin, of China, 9-21, 21-16, 14-21.

2008

Yip Pui Yin made her first appearance at the Olympics.[1]

2009

She won the gold medal in the 2009 East Asian games when her opponent Zhou Mi retired halfway through the deciding set. She won 15-21, 21-13, 17-10*.

2012

At the 2012 London Olympics, Yip won against eighth seed Sung Ji-hyun, of South Korea, in the group stage. Then Yip Pui-yin went through to the final eight of the women's singles in badminton after she beat France's 16th seed Pi Hongyan by two games to one, winning 13-21, 21-13, 21-16. Yip faced China's Li Xuerui, who beat her two games to one.[2][1] Her performance equalled the best performance by a Hong Kong shuttler at the Olympic Games.[3]

Career achievements

Outcome Year Championship Opponent Score
Semifinalist 2007China Masters Super SeriesChina Xie Xingfang6–21, 16–21
Winner 2010Malaysia Open Grand Prix GoldHong Kong Zhou Mi21–16, 14–21, 21–19
Semifinalist 2010BWF Super Series Masters FinalsChina Wang Shixian15–21, 14–21
Semifinalist 2011India Super SeriesThailand Porntip Buranaprasertsuk13–21, 8–21
Semifinalist 2012Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix GoldChinese Taipei Tai Tzu-Ying21–18, 10–21, 9–21
Semifinalist 2013Indonesia Super Series PremierChina Li Xuerui21–17, 11–21, 11–21
Runner-up 2013Canada Open Grand PrixThailand Nichaon Jindapon8–21, 16–21

Record against selected opponents

Includes results against Olympic quarterfinals, Worlds semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yip Pui Yin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  2. ↑ "HK shuttler Yip into final 8". The Standard. 1 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Yip equals best HK performance by reaching quarters". South China Morning Post. 2 August 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/selectheadtohead.aspx?id=B368A130-10A6-4C37-886A-4EF8AE4D6E78
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