Roy King tops Arctic Open doubles smash rankings
Lee Zii Jia also claimed four places among the 10 fastest men's singles smashes on the BWF leaderboard after the tournament in Finland.
Malaysia's Yap Roy King led the men's doubles smash rankings at the Arctic Open in Vantaa, Finland, clocking 459.6km/h on the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) Supersmash Leaderboard. He and Aaron Tai won the Super 500 tournament on their debut as a pair.
Roy King also took third place on the list with a 447.3km/h smash, while Aaron ranked sixth at 439.4km/h. The Malaysian partnership was ranked world No. 116.
In men's singles, Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia had four entries among the 10 fastest smashes. The independent player, ranked world No. 42, placed fifth at 439.9km/h, sixth at 436.3km/h, seventh at 433.9km/h and ninth at 432.8km/h.
Taiwan's Chou Tien Chen, the world No. 4, headed the men's singles list with a speed of 468.2km/h. The BWF publishes the 10 fastest smashes for each category following World Tour tournaments.
The world smash-speed records belong to India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, at 565km/h, and Malaysia's Pearly Tan, at 438km/h. Both marks were recorded in a special test on April 14, 2023, at Yonex's Tokyo factory gymnasium in Saitama, Japan.
