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Yap Roy King

Yap Roy King (Chinese: 叶睿庆; pinyin: Yè Ruìqìng; born 10 February 2001) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won two silver medals at the 2023 SEA Games, in the men's team event as well as the mixed doubles event.

Yap made his international debut at the Jakarta Open Junior International U-15 in 2015.

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. In the following week, he and Ooi won their second title in two weeks at the India Junior International.

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.

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.

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

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. 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.

In June, he captured the Nantes International men's doubles title partnered with Junaidi Arif.

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