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Teo Ee Yi

Teo Ee Yi (simplified Chinese: 张御宇; traditional Chinese: 張御宇; pinyin: Zhāng Yù Yǔ; Jyutping: Zoeng1 Jyu6 Jyu5; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Gū-ú; born 4 April 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player.[2] He won a silver medal with Ong Yew Sin at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships and a bronze medal with Ong at the 2021 BWF World Championships. In the junior event, he captured the golds medal at the 2011 World Junior Championships in the team and boys' doubles events.[3]

Career

Teo won his first Grand Prix title at the 2016 Bitburger Open with his partner, Ong Yew Sin.[4]

Teo and Ong earned a silver and a bronze medal at the 2017 and 2019 SEA Games respectively. They were also runners-up at the 2019 Malaysia Masters.[5]

In January 2020, they were dropped from the national team by the Badminton Association of Malaysia.[6] Following the incident, they went on to win their first World Tour title at the 2020 Thailand Masters.[7] At the Indonesia badminton festival in Bali, they finished as semifinalists at the 2021 Indonesia Masters and the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals.[8][9]

Their best achievement was winning the men's doubles silver medal at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships after narrowly losing to Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty with score of 21–16, 17–21, 19–21 in 66 minutes. They won the men's doubles bronze medal at the 2021 BWF World Championships, where they had to go through a narrow fight against Olympic champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in the quarterfinals.[10] Because of their achievements, they were selected to be part of the Malaysian squad in the 2022 Thomas Cup.[11]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

SEA Games

Men's doubles

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Commonwealth Youth Games

Boys' doubles

Mixed doubles

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[13]

Men's doubles

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles)

Men's doubles

  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Yew Sin-Ee Yi ready to rise with Rosman". The Star. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Players: Ee Yi Teo". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Unbeaten Jin Wei becomes the new world junior champion". Badminton Association of Malaysia. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ Paul, Rajes (6 November 2016). "Ee Yi-Yew Sin cap splendid show in Germany with Bitburger title". The Star. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Masters Malaysia: Yew Sin-Ee Yi bukti mampu jadi sandaran negara" (in Malay). Stadium Astro. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Badminton Association of Malaysia drops seven players from national squad". Malay Mail. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Independent men's doubles pair Yew Sin-Ee Yi win Thailand Masters". The Star. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  8. ^ Bachtiar, Roy Rosa (20 November 2021). Kuncahyo, Bayu (ed.). "Ong/Teo bangga bisa berlaga hingga semifinal Indonesia Masters" (in Indonesian). Antara. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Malaysia's challenge at BWF World Tour Finals fizzles out". Bernama. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2022 – via Free Malaysia Today.
  10. ^ "Yew Sin-Ee Yi stun Olympic Games champs to storm into semis in Spain". The Star. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Rexy wants Yew Sin-Ee Yi in Thomas Cup assault". The Star. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  12. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  13. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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