- Description
- Don Hearn is an Editor and Correspondent who hails from a badminton-loving town in rural Canada. He joined the Badzine team in 2006 to provide coverage of the Korean badminton scene and is committed to helping Badzine to promote badminton to the place it deserves as a global sport. Contact him at: don @ badzine.net
![Lee Cheuk Yiu chose his home Hong Kong Open as the venue for the first Super 500 title of his career as he won a nailbiter against Anthony Ginting on […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20191117_1929_HongKongOpen2019_BPRS5836_rotator-115x115.jpg "HONG KONG OPEN 2019 – Home win a big first for Lee Cheuk Yiu!")
![10 players or pairs currently in the top 8 in the BWF world rankings – including former world #1s Chen Long, Saina Nehwal, and Matsutomo/Takahashi – are still off the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190919_1846_ChinaOpen2019_BPYL9371_rotator-115x115.jpg "10 top 8 players not yet on track for Guangzhou")
![China’s He Bingjiao won her first tournament in nearly 3 years, coming from behind to beat Ratchanok Intanon and claim the 2019 Korea Open title. By Don Hearn, Badzine correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190929_1605_KoreaOpen2019_BPYL7948_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2019 Finals – He Bingjiao ends title drought!")
![The all-Korean women’s doubles final at the Korea Open went to world #8 Kim So Yeong / Kong Hee Yong. By Don Hearn, Badzine correspondent live in Incheon. Photos: Yves […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190929_1229_KoreaOpen2019_BPYL4936_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2019 Finals – Kim/Kong crowned champions")
![Korea again celebrated two women’s doubles win Seo Seung Jae smarted at two losses at the Korea Open on Saturday, while Japan enjoyed two wins from their men’s team. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190928_1734_KoreaOpen2019_BPYL0413_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2019 SF – Korea’s women, Japanese men each win 2")
![Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari ousted mixed doubles defending champions He Jiting / Du Yue in three very close games to start off quarter-finals day at the Korea Open. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190927_1428_KoreaOpen2019_BPYL1091_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2019 QF – Defending champions He/Du out")
![Korea’s highest-ranked shuttlers advanced in 4 disciplines on Day 2 of the Korea Open, joined by the unknown Kim Donghoon, while 2019 newsmakers An Se Young, Ko Sung Hyun and […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190925_2047_KoreaOpen2019_BPYL3999-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2019 R32 – Korean favourites advance")
![Pan American badminton’s four top women won three big matches at the Korea Open, starting with Zhang Beiwen ousting 2017 winner P. V. Sindhu, followed by wins for 2 of […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190925_Zhang-and-Li_KoreaOpen2019_BPYL_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2019 R32 – Pan Am’s best start strong")
![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}
