Yip Pui Yin (; born 6 August 1987) is a

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player from

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Career

Yip 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

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(11th seed) in round one and round two respectively. In the third round she was beaten by the 1st seed and reigning world champion

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of China. She won the silver medal in the

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after losing to fellow Hong Kong player Wang Chen in the final. In 2007, she played at the

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and was defeated in the third round by Zhu Lin, of

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, 9–21, 21–16, 14–21. Yip made her first appearance at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. In 2009, she won the gold medal in the

2009 East Asian Games ) , Host city = Hong Kong , Teams participating = 9 , Athletes participating = 2,377 , Events = 262 events in 22 sports , Opening ceremony = December 5, 2009 , Closing ceremony = December 13, 2009 , Officially opened by = State Councilor L ...

when her opponent Zhou Mi retired halfway through the deciding set. She won 15-21, 21-13, 17-10. At the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, Yip won against eighth seed Sung Ji-hyun, of South Korea, in the group stage. Then Yip went through to the final eight of the women's singles in badminton after she beat France's 16th seed

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by two games to one, winning 13–21, 21–13, 21–16. Yip faced China's

Li Xuerui Li Xuerui (born 24 January 1991) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player. She is one of the most successful players of her time. She was a gold medalist at 2012 London Olympics in the women's singles event and was the silver medalists ...

, who beat her two games to one. Her performance equalled the best performance by a Hong Kong shuttler at the Olympic Games.

Achievements

Asian Games

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

East Asian Games

''Women's singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the

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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 17 December 2021.

References

External links

BWF player profile

YIP Pui Yin profile for the 2009 East Asian Games

YIP Pui Yin profile for the 2012 Olympic Games
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