- 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
![Goh Jin Wei added a World Junior Championship title to the won she won back in 2015, while Kunlavut Vitidsarn took his second in a row. By Don Hearn. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181118_1431_WorldJuniorChampionships2018_YVES1736_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD JUNIORS 2018 – Goh and Vitidsarn each win a second!")
![Son Wan Ho wins his second Hong Kong Open title and confirms his spot in the World Tour Finals. By Don Hearn. Photos: Raphael Sachetat / Badmintonphoto (live) It had […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181118_1928_HongKongOpen2018_BP012389_rotator-115x115.jpg "HONG KONG OPEN 2018 Finals – Son wins a final, makes the Finals")
![Korea’s Son Wan Ho scored his first win over Kento Momota in 3 years to reach his first final in nearly 2 years, at the Hong Kong Open. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181117_1539_HongKongOpen2018_BP016173_rotator-115x115.jpg "HONG KONG OPEN 2018 SF – Son is back!")
![Some positive news emerged yesterday from the Badminton Korea Association (BKA) as the Yonhap News Agency reported the body would be doing away with its age limit for independent players […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181104_1634_MacauOpen2018_AA1I5098-115x115.jpg "No more age limit for Korean independents")
![With World Tour Finals (WTF) qualification wrapping up next week in Glasgow, 15 of the 40 tickets have already been clinched, with most of the remainder expected to be finalized […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181113_1614_HongKongOpen2018_BP013360_rotator-115x115.jpg "WTF – 2 more weeks, 3 more tournaments, 14 more spots")
![It was her first ever title above a Grand Prix Gold and China’s first in women’s singles at that level in over two years as Chen Yufei beat Nozomi Okuhara […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181111_1823_FuzhouChinaOpen2018_BP010146_rotator-115x115.jpg "FUZHOU CHINA OPEN 2018 – Chen Yufei ends a long wait for a title")
![Team China lifted the Suhandinata Cup for the 5th straight time, beating Korea 3-1 in the final. By Don Hearn. Photos: Luis Veniegra / Badmintonphoto (live) The Suhandianta Cup, the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181110-1938-WorldJuniorChampionships2018DSC_1146_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD JUNIORS 2018 Team Final – 5th straight for China!")
![The Badminton Korea Association (BKA) terminated its coaching staff this week by text message and has had its own contract with its equipment sponsor unilaterally cancelled, according to reports in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180929_1335_KoreaOpen2018_YVES1591-115x115.jpg "BKA fires coaches by text message, loses sponsor")
![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}
