- 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
![Former world #1 Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong are on the entry lists published today for the 2019 Australian Open. This will be only their 2nd international appearance […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Lee-Yoo-9497-Korea-Masters-2017-115x115.jpg "Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong reunion set for Sydney")
![Japan and China are each set to receive 15 invitations in total to the 2019 BWF World Championships but Japan’s women’s doubles squad is the only team that will score […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Japan-WD-4-WC2019_rotator-115x115.jpg "Japan first to score 2019 World Championship quartet")
![Three continents held their badminton championship finals on Sunday and the Pan Am region led the way with two and a half title defenses, while a world #1 and #2 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180521_1050_ThomasUberCup2018_BP013704_rotator-115x115.jpg "6½ continental title defenses in one Sunday!")
![Korea and Japan met in Hanam for a series of team badminton friendlies this week, with Japan’s favourites winning all but one tie. Story and photos by Don Hearn Bi-national […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Korea-Japan-Friendly-Team-handshake-8567_rotator-115x115.jpg "Japan 12, Korea 8 in 36th annual friendlies")
![17 years and 1 week after his first major title, 35-year-old Lin Dan added the Malaysia Open Super 750 to his enviable collection, beating Chen Long in the final. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190407_1421_MalaysiaOpen2019_BPYL8810_rotator-115x115.jpg "MALAYSIA OPEN 2019 Finals – Lin Dan extends winning span to 17 years")
![Last Malaysians standing at their home Super 750 event, Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing failed to pull off a 3rd straight comeback as mixed doubles will get a […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190406_1741_MalaysiaOpen2019_BPYL4037_rotator-115x115.jpg "MALAYSIA OPEN 2019 SF – Home hopes shown the exit")
![Chinese Taipei’s Wang Chi Lin finally graduated to the Super 500 club as he and Lee Yang won the India Open title in only their 6th tournament together. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190331_1745_IndiaOpen2019_BPJS0078_rotator-115x115.jpg "INDIA OPEN 2019 Finals – Biggest title to date for Wang Chi Lin")
![Srikanth Kidambi thrilled the Indian fans while He Bingjiao disappointed them as both still see a light at the end of their title droughts. By Don Hearn. Photos: Mark Phelan […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190330_1618_IndiaOpen2019_BPMP4144_rotator-115x115.jpg "INDIA OPEN 2019 SF – He and Srikanth end finals droughts")
![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}
