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- Aaron Wong only ever coveted badminton's coolest shot - a reverse backhand clear. He is renowned for two other things: 1) Writing tournament previews that adjust the focus between the panorama of the sport's progress, down to the microscopic level of explaining the striking characteristics of players; 2) Dozing off during men's doubles at the London Olympic Games. Contact him at: aaron @ badzine.net
![The ‘A’ in Group 1A could be taken to mean all rounders as all three contained within are unlike the other subgroups. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Gold […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170522_2302_SudirmanCup2017_BPYN8039-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP Day 2 – All rounder team ties take longest to decide")
![The risk India took very nearly paid off against second favourites for the Sudirman Cup title, Denmark. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Gold Coast. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live) So, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170522_1247_SudirmanCup2017_20170522_1247_SudirmanCup2017__SUD2370_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP Day 2 – Known meet unknown")
![On a night where the all the ties unfolded according to country strength expectations, Germany’s Yvonne Li and Sergey Sirant of Russia were making waves in a big pond. Both […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170521_1917_SudirmanCup2017_BPYN5616-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP Day 1 – Russian and German diamonds in the rough")
![The tightest Day 1 tie by far came when the Canadians came back from the brink of defeat to prevail over Scotland 3-2, with two points coming from Commonwealth Games […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170521_1423_SudirmanCup2017_BPYN4902_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP Day 1 – Li and Merrilees split the spoils")
![Hong Kong takes 1 point from mighty China after the defending champions had clinched the first tie of Group 1, and then some. By Aaron Wong, Badzine correspondent live in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170521_1604_SudirmanCup2017__SUD1373_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP Day 1 – Line up second preferences")
![The Sudirman Cup’s outcome is a different historical indicator of shifts in badminton power to that of the the Olympic Games and World Championships, and Thomas-Uber Cups. Our preview specialist, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150517_1749_SudirmanCup2015_RS_L3690_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP Preview – Tide to ebb for defending champions at Gold Coast?")
![It’s a famous victory for China’s Chen Long at Rio 2016 and the immediate reaction upon defeat from sentimental favourite Lee Chong Wei was one of non-surprise. By Aaron Wong. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160820_1131_OlympicGames2016_Yves6915_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPICS MS Final – Chen’s gold leaves Lee, Malaysia with 3 silver")
![Like Zhang Ning had done eight years earlier in Beijing, Spain’s Carolina Marin headed into the Olympic fortnight without a Superseries title in the same year and came home with […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160819_1226_OlympicGames2016_Yves2812_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPICS WS Final – The new Marin is for real")
![Chae Yu Jung / Seo Seung Jae became the only repeat mixed doubles Aussie champions during its Sydney era. Shi Yu Qi and Ou Xuan Yi / Liu Yu Chen […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221120_1349_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0036_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN Finals – Historic repeat the feat"){kind=small}
![Blink or leave your seat to buy fast food and it would turn out to have a different outcome from what you were initially led to believe in more than […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221119_1522_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0034_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN SF – Fancy seeing you on Sunday"){kind=small}
![In doubles, at a baseline level the pair needs to be reliable and then have something special on top of that to make it further. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022-QF-WD1-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN QF – Finding that little bit extra"){kind=small}
![Drama mixed with entertainment fueled the marquee singles matches. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) World #3 vs world #27 The ultra-popular and charismatic 2021 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220715_2118_SingaporeOpen2022_BPYL4448_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R16 – What actually happened in the last match of the night?"){kind=small}
![It was like a final in the first round as Seo Seung Jae and Kang Min Hyuk took on recent Hylo Open winners Lu/Yang in Sydney. By Aaron Wong, Badzine […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220705_1622_MalaysiaMasters2022_BPES3440_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R32 – Wish it were longer"){kind=small}
