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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
![China dashed the hopes of their English and Danish opponents who started off strongly and in their estimation were indeed thorny propositions. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170623_1640_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS1728-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 QF – European strong starters stifled")
![Lu/Yang of Chinese Taipei brought the thrills in the men’s doubles second round at the Australian Badminton Open, beating the world #1s and last week’s winners Li/Liu. By Aaron Wong, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170622_2151_AustraliaOpen2017__ABO7150_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 R16 – Take note of Taiwan’s third")
![In the meeting of two of last year’s fresh men’s singles Superseries champions, the one who took home more prize money bought his ticket into the quarter-final. By Aaron Wong, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170622_1545_AustraliaOpen2017__ABO4848_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 R16 – Richer guy buys tomorrow’s ticket")
![Various mixed pairs who proceeded into the quarter-finals shared what makes their combinations tick and why they won today. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live) […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170622_1502_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS9512_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 R16 – Finding the right mix")
![Two top women’s singles seeds fell in the bottom half the draw leaving China’s two seeds to deal with them later. In fact, the champion in Sydney the year before […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170621_1925_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS8358-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 R32 – Former top tens on the mend")
![Lin Dan and Lee Hyun Il schooled their less experienced opponents in two of the keenly watched first round men’s singles matches at the Australian Badminton Open. By Aaron Wong, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170621_1439_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS7351_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 R32 – Southpaws steal Sydney hearts")
![Like at the Sudirman Cup, Tang Chun Man made Chinese opponents nervous. This time in the first round of men’s doubles at the Australian Badminton Open Zhang Nan and Liu […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170621_1043_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS6255-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 R32– Tang almost turns it around again")
![India’s Kashyap Parupalli marched past Macau Open winner Zhao Junpeng and Indonesia Open runner-up Kazumasa Sakai to get a shot at the world #1 in the main draw of the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170620_1242_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS5105_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 Day 1 – Macau champ and Indonesia runner-up deleted")
![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}
