- 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
![Mads Conrad-Petersen and 3-time Korea Open champion Mathias Boe upset world #7 Han/Zhou for the second straight week. By Don Hearn, Badzine correspondent live in Incheon. Photos: Yves Lacroix / […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190925_1148_KoreaOpen2019_BPYL8452_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2019 R32 – 3-time champion Boe starts with an upset")
![The Press Trust of India reported yesterday that Coach Kim Ji Hyun’s leave had become a resignation, given the seriousness of family issues back home. On Tuesday, the Press Trust […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190410_1109_SingaporeOpen2019_BPMR6846-115x115.jpg "Kim resigns Indian coaching position for personal reasons")
![Ireland’s Chloe and Sam Magee beat Ou/Zheng in straight games to take their place in the mixed doubles second round at the Korea Open, along with 3 other European pairs […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190924_1809_KoreaOpen2019_BPYL8324_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2019 Day 1 – Magees make it 4 for Europe in mixed")
![There was no title defense for Anthony Ginting at the 2019 China Open as last year’s runner-up Kento Momota bounced back from a game down to win a thrilling final. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190922_1711_ChinaOpen2019_BPYL0833_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINA OPEN 2019 Finals – Momota turns tables on Ginting")
![Kento Momota and Ahsan/Setiawan both finished strong to deny China’s former World Champions spots in Sunday’s final at the 2019 China Open. By Don Hearn. Photos: Yves Lacroix / Badmintonphoto […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190921_1912_ChinaOpen2019_BPYL5322_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINA OPEN 2019 SF – World Champions deny home favourites")
![Zhang Yiman won her first major title at the Vietnam Open and Zhang Shuxian did too, but missed out on the doubles double. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) 19-year-old Zhang Shuxian took […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190707_1802_CanadaOpen2019_BPYL8088-115x115.jpg "VIETNAM OPEN 2019 – Two Zhangs win first major titles")
![Seo Seung Jae was beaten twice on finals day at the Chinese Taipei Open, as he and Choi Sol Gyu squandered a 9-point lead and 5 match points before Goh […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190908_1801_Chinese_Taipei_Open_2019_BPJP1336_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2019 Finals – Goh/Tan win with epic comeback")
![Heo Kwang Hee reached his first ever international senior final and Seo Seung Jae won twice as Korean shuttlers kept alive their hopes to sweep the titles in Taipei as […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190907_1513_Chinese_Taipei_Open_2019_BPJP0676_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2019 SF – Korea dreams of another sweep")
![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}
