Yap Ling

{{Short description|Malaysian badminton player (born 2000)}}

{{family name hatnote|Yap|lang=Chinese}}

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| name = Yap Ling
叶灵

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| country = Malaysia

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2000|04|01}}

| birth_place = Malacca, Malaysia

| height = 1.72 m

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| event = Women's & mixed doubles

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| handedness = Right

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| highest_ranking = 67 (WD with Teoh Mei Xing, 17 March 2020)
258 (XD with Jeremy Juan, 5 September 2023)

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| current_ranking = 260

| date_of_current_ranking = XD with Jeremy Juan, 19 September 2023

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{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}

{{MedalCountry | {{MYS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Sudirman Cup }}

{{MedalBronze | 2021 Vantaa | Mixed team }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Yogyakarta | Mixed team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Junior Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Jakarta | Mixed team }}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Jakarta | Mixed team }}

| bwfbadminton_id = 56307

| bwf_id = C3011A4D-C3D4-4D70-8109-EB63605BA2BD

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Yap Ling ({{zh|s=叶灵|t=葉靈|p=Yè Líng}}; born 1 April 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player.{{cite web|url=https://bwfbadminton.com/player/56307/yap-ling|title=YAP Ling Profile|website=bwfbadminton.com|access-date=2 October 2021}} 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.

Career

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{{cite news|title=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|url=http://mymalaysiannews.com/2017/06/23/yazhouqingnianyuqiujinbiaosaiwujinlingxianzhongxiaojiangchujiguoyupanchuangtupo8qiangpingjing/|publisher=mymalaysiannews.com|date=2017-06-23|accessdate=2019-11-24|archive-date=2019-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124094820/http://mymalaysiannews.com/2017/06/23/yazhouqingnianyuqiujinbiaosaiwujinlingxianzhongxiaojiangchujiguoyupanchuangtupo8qiangpingjing/}} and the BWF World Junior Championships respectively.{{cite news|title=【世青羽球赛】大马盼单项赛弥补失意 梁峻豪吴堇溦拼冠军|url=http://www.enanyang.my/?p=939168|newspaper=Nanyang Siang Pau|date=2017-10-15|accessdate=2019-11-24|archive-date=2019-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124094849/http://www.enanyang.my/?p=939168}} 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.{{cite news|title=女双主力接连离队 罗斯曼准备重建国羽|url=http://news.seehua.com/?p=412158|newspaper=See Hua Daily News|date=2018-12-09|accessdate=2019-11-24|archive-date=2019-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124094228/http://news.seehua.com/?p=412158}}

She partnered with Go Pei Kee and were semifinalists at the 2021 Czech Open.{{Cite web |title=LI-NING Czech Open 2021: Senarai pemain badminton Malaysia. |url=https://www.bolakatok.com/2021/10/li-ning-czech-open-2021-senarai-pemain.html |access-date=2022-05-03}} They participated in the 2021 SEA Games.

Achievements

= BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up) =

Women's doubles

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! Partner

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! Result

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| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | India International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Teoh Mei Xing

| align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Pearly Tan
{{flagicon|MAS}} Thinaah Muralitharan

| align="left" | 18–21, 14–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament

: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament

: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament

References

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