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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 World Championships comes to Scotland again for its 23rd edition. What can possibly top the Guinness World Record on finals day from two decades ago? Our preview specialist Aaron […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170521_1327_SudirmanCup2017__SUD0676_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLDS Preview Part 1 – Singles: The Glasgow sequel")
![The insurance company MetLife supports badminton at both ends of the spectrum as the title sponsor of Superseries tournaments as well as organises introductions to the sport for kids. MetLife […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/IMG_66205-115x115.jpg "Health matters and badminton helps")
![Having Indonesia scheduled in the last two fixtures of a final gave the stadium a sing-song atmosphere and playing catch up guaranteed the buzz, just not the biggest pay cheques. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170625_1820_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS9160_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 Finals – The messier the better")
![Srikanth Kidambi took seven days to smash India’s historic achievement of consecutive Superseries titles and recast it as a triple. In doing so, he became only the fifth man in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170625_1622_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS8467_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 Finals – India’s phenomenal triple")
![Both the French Superseries men’s singles winner and the runner-up failed to proceed but semi-finals ticket-holders were still treated to badminton action of a kind your life would be poorer […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170624_1633_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS5662_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 SF – As humanly perfect as it gets")
![Sydney is set for a Rio Olympic women’s doubles gold medal rematch but it was touch and go in the semi-finals whether either pair would get there. By Aaron Wong, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170624_1807_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS6260_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 SF – Plain Janes dress down Chinese")
![All eyes were on the rematch of the 2016 women’s singles final and combined star power of the men’s singles champions from the past three Olympics. It was 2 hours […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170623_2122_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS3001_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 QF – 1hour 18 minutes times two")
![Every player interviewed talked about studying their opponents prior to interrogation. The proof of the pudding then lies in executing the plan. And whose plan? By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170623_1837_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS2392_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 QF – The double meaning of execution")
![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}
