- 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
![Du Yue contributed to two wins and Han Yue brought in one as China edged Japan 3-2 to take the second Asian Mixed Team Championship title. By Don Hearn. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190324_1910_AsianMixedTeamChampionships2019_BPM_1228_rotator-115x115.jpg "TONG YUN KAI CUP 2019 – 2 Yues give China edge over Japan")
![Malaysia Masters champion Son Wan Ho is due to have surgery on his Achilles tendon and faces an absence of several months from international badminton after he was taken to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190117_1403_MalaysiaMasters2019_BP017890-115x115.jpg "Son Wan Ho ruptures Achilles, due for surgery")
![Denmark’s Mathias Bay-Smidt / Rikke Søby took the Swiss Open title on Sunday in the first major final for either member of this new pair. By Don Hearn. Photos: Sven […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190317_1309_SwissOpen2019_swo19-SVH-1568_rotator-115x115.jpg "SWISS OPEN 2019 – Bay-Smidt / Rikke Søby emerge as new mixed force")
![The Badminton Korea Association (BKA) announced last week that Atlanta Olympic gold medallist Bang Soo Hyun would be inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame in May. According to Badminton […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/BANG-SUSANTI-02-DIV-RS-InaugurationIBF-115x115.jpg "Korea’s singles queen to be named to Hall of Fame")
![Akane Yamaguchi had to dig deep to beat Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon to win her 3rd straight German Open title, while Korea’s Seo/Chae won their 2nd title in as many weeks. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190303_1525_GermanOpen2019_ygo19-SVH-8843_rotator-115x115.jpg "GERMAN OPEN 2019 – 3 in a row for Yamaguchi, 2 straight for Seo/Chae")
![Two-time men’s doubles champions Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen will make the 2019 All England their last tournament as a pair. Photos: Badmintonphoto The Danish duo announced it on their […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/BOE-MOGENSEN-66-DEN-DLC-KoreaOpen2009-115x115.jpg "Two-time champions to split after final All England")
![Malaysia’s Lee Wan Wah is the latest coach reported to have taken an overseas assignment. Malaysian daily The Star reported that the two-time Asian men’s doubles champion was bound for […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161123_2132_HongKongOpen2016_BPRA6135-115x115.jpg "Malaysia keeps spreading the coaching wealth")
![Seo Seung Jae and Wang Chi Lin denied each other a doubles double, while Kong Hee Yong won her first ever international title and Denmark locked up both singles finals […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190224_1057_SpainMaster2019_IMG_865_rotator-115x115.jpg "SPAIN MASTERS 2019 – Seo and Wang take 1 each; Denmark rules singles")
![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}
