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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
![Again, the same two nations contested each other on finals day of badminton in the individual competition at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival as they had in the team event. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/397456_10151458768406289_358503702_n-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL Day 4 – Malaysia pummels China in girls’ doubles")
![Amongst a sea of unfamiliar faces, a myriad of exotic names and doubles partners with identical haircuts in matching shirts, one wonders whose is the face of the future of […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/424366_10151458762526289_1635686278_n-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL Day 3 – Please stand out in the crowd")
![China wins the badminton team event at today’s Australian Youth Olympic Festival. How unsurprising you might think, but what cannot cease to amaze is the fact of how often once […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/Newsflash-thumbnail.png "Australian Youth Olympic Festival: The way of things to come")
![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}
