| Xing Aiying 邢爱英 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (age 35) Jiangsu, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Singapore City, Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 31 (8 October 2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Xing Aiying (simplified Chinese:邢爱英;traditional Chinese:邢愛英;pinyin:Xìng Àiyīng; born 2 August 1989) is a Chinese-born Singaporean formerbadminton player who competed at the2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
Xing was born inJiangsu, China, and she is a former Nanjing city age-group champion in 1998.[2][3] She came to Singapore in 2003 and became the Chinese youngest player to join theSingapore Badminton Association (SBA).
Xing started her debut in international tournament at the 2003 Thailand King's Cup.[3][4] In 2004, she was the women's doubles runner-up at theCroatian International tournament, and won her first international title at the World Badminton Grand Prix eventU.S. Open in the singles event at the age of 15.[5][6]
In 2005, she reached the final round in the women's singles event at theBitburger Open andCheers Asian Satellite tournaments. In Ballarat International, she won the women's doubles event and the runner-up in singles event. In 2006, she competed in the women's team event at theUber Cup andDoha Asian Games. The team reached the quarter-final at the Uber Cup, and won the bronze medal at the Asian Games.[5] She also competed at theMelbourne Commonwealth Games in the mixed team and singles event, and lost to Malaysian playersWong Mew Choo in the quarter-final.[7] At the 2006 New Zealand Open, she was seeded fourth at that tournament, and unexpected lost in the final round to Huang Chia-chi of Australia in the rubber game.[8] In 2007, she won her first national title in the women's singles event, and repeat her success in 2013.[5][9] She also won the mixed team bronze at theWorld Junior Championships and women's team silver at theSEA Games. In 2008, she was the runner-up at the Vietnam Open and semi-finalist in Thailand Open.[5] Xing qualified for thewomen's singles at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing, after she was ranked thirty-sixth in the world, and awarded an entry as one of the top 38 seeded players by theBadminton World Federation.[10] She lost the first preliminary round match to Belarus'Olga Konon, with a score of 19–21 and 12–21.[11][12][13]
In 2009, she was the quarter-finalist at theMalaysia Grand Prix Gold, and also won the women's team bronze at theSEA Games.[4][5] In 2010, she helps the Singapore team to reach the semi-final round in themixed team event at theDelhi Commonwealth Games. At the bronze medal match against England, she won the match toElizabeth Cann, but the team went down 1-3 and missed out on the bronze.[14] In 2011 and 2012, she won the women's singles title at theSingapore International Series tournament. She also won the bronze medal at the2011 SEA Games in the women's team event.[5] In 2012, she also the runner-up in the national championships, and was the semi-finalist at theMalaysia Grand Prix Gold andSingapore Open Superseries tournament. In 2013, Xing reached the quarter-final round at theU.S. Open, and at the same year, she resigned from the SBA.[5][15] Together with the former Singaporean national player Mok Jing Qiong, the duo crowned champion at the 2014 Singapore National Games.[16]
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theGrand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2004 | U.S. Open |  Lili Zhou | 9–11, 11–6, 11–2 |  Winner |
| 2005 | Bitburger Open |  Xu Huaiwen | 3–11, 2–11 |  Runner-up |
| 2006 | New Zealand Open |  Huang Chia-chi | 18–21, 24–22, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Vietnam Open |  Zhang Beiwen | 21–11, 19–21, 20–22 | Runner-up[17] |
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2005 | Cheers Asian Satellite | Li Li | 7–11, 11–9, 5–11 | Runner-up |
| 2011 | Singapore International | Gu Juan | 21–10, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2012 | Singapore International | Fu Mingtian | 21–10, 21–8 | Winner |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2004 | Croatian International | Shinta Mulia Sari | Jiang YanmeiLi Yujia | 4–15, 1–15 | Runner-up |
