Yip Pui Yin
Yip Pui Yin is a badminton player from Hong Kong.
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 Kanako Yonekura 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.She won the silver medal in the 2006 Asian Games after losing to fellow Hong Kong player Wang Chen in the final. 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. Yip made her first appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 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.
At the 2012 London Olympics, 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 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. Her performance equalled the best performance by a Hong Kong shuttler at the Olympic Games.
Achievements
Asian Games
Women's singles| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar |  Asian ChampionshipsWomen's singles
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