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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
![Ratchanok Intanon began the week as world #2, at the update yesterday Chen Long dropped to world #2, and both were shown the exit at the Australian Open on Friday. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160610_1942_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__0224_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 QF – World #2s lose in two")
![Quarter-finals marked the start of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend for Sydneysiders. This year all the entertainment has been in Indonesian men’s doubles and all the drama happening in mixed […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160610_1719_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__9023-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 QF – Experience finally prevails in mixed")
![Food for thought part 1: It doesn’t matter as much what pace you play at compared to whether you can impose your preferred rhythm on overall proceedings. Two Korean men’s […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160609_1624_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__5663-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 R16 – Young Koreans advance")
![The European challenge ended first in mixed doubles at the 2016 Australian Badminton Open with big upsets for young Chinese stars, including Chen Qingchen and Zheng Siwei. By Aaron Wong, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160609_1539_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__5478_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 R16 – China’s mixed bag of tricks")
![The women’s singles match between 5th-seeded Nozomi Okuhara and Sun Yu transfixed the stadium with its technical brilliance by the Japanese and the hang-in-there attitude of her Chinese opponent, which […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160608_1755_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__3309-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 R32 – More homework about heights to do")
![Chen Hung Ling positioned in the forecourt as his match was winding up was a good sign for his team while Fu Haifeng doing the same two courts away was […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160608_2130_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__4808-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 R32 – Fu-tastic at the front")
![Special new and old mixed pairs try for special results on Day 2 of the Australian Open. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live) Big names […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160608_1717_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__3041_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 R32 – Mixed: In with the old, in with the new")
![Just a few international veterans were on court along with local talent in the qualifying rounds of the 2016 Australian Badminton Open. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160607_1214_IndonesiaOpen2016_BP__0056-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 Day 1 – A blistering performance")
![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}
