- 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
![India got one title at the 2019 Hyderabad Open Super 100 today courtesy of Sourabh Verma, but Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy lost to veteran Jung Kyung Eun and 18-year-old […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171011_0851_WorldJuniorTeamChampionships2017_BPRA9358-115x115.jpg "HYDERABAD OPEN 2019 – 2 teens title, 4 have to settle")
![Two new additions to the badminton world’s top tens – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty and Michelle Li – have done what none from their nations have done for a […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190803_1640_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL4042-115x115.jpg "Rankireddy/Shetty and Li carry their flags into the top ten")
![Former world #1 Kim Ha Na signalled her intention to return to competitive badminton, as reported in Korea’s Badminton Times, bringing to 9 the number of Korean players competing outside […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170924_1312_JapanOpen2017_BPYL2366_sticky-115x115.jpg "One more Korean independent to join the fray?")
![India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty crouched low and leapt high as they stunned reigning World Champions Li/Liu to take the 2019 Thailand Open title. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190804_1557_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL0881_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2019 Finals – Indian youngsters tower over two towers")
![She’s fighting her toughest match ever, against an opponent which barely leaves any chances. Jeanne Tran is 35 and has terminal stage breast cancer. She’s been battling with the deadly […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/jeanne2-115x115.jpg "Badminton community mobilizes for player struck by breast cancer")
![Korea’s Chang Ye Na / Kim Hye Rin admitted to being ‘surprised’ they won their nail-biter of a quarter-final over defending champions Polii/Rahayu, while Indonesia suffered the ouster of world […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190802_1413_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL6196_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2019 QF – ‘Surprise ending’ starts shut-out of Indonesian stars")
![2014 World Champions Ko Sung Hyun and Shin Baek Cheol are in the final 8 for the second straight week and experiences like the 2019 Thailand Open are new both […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190801_1421_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL0155_rotator-115x115.jpg "New challenges, perhaps new titles ahead for former World Champions")
![2008 Thailand Open champion Lin Dan lost out to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito while 2013 winner Srikanth Kidambi fell to local hopeful Khosit Phetpradab on Day 3 of the Thailand Open […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190801_1738_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL1848_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2019 R16 – Srikanth, Lin Dan out in 2nd round")
![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}
