- 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
![All 7 coaches of the Korean national badminton team have tendered their resignations to the Badminton Korea Association (BKA), it was revealed in an editorial yesterday in Korean daily the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Korean-coaches-at-AsianGames2018_BP019884-115x115.jpg "Korean coaches resign en masse")
![He Jiting and Du Yue of China joined Hiroyuki Endo in making the Korea Open the biggest title of their career to date. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180930_1600_KoreaOpen2018_YVES6456-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 Finals – He and Du win career best")
![It was tenth time lucky for veteran Hiroyuki Endo as he won a Superseries by another name at the Korea Open Super 500, after 9 times when he had to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180930_1426_KoreaOpen2018_YVES5361_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 Finals – Endo: Finally I won the title!")
![The last Danes and the last Chinese at the Korea Open will face off for the mixed doubles title, after Christinna Pedersen and Mathias Christiansen beat the home favourites in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180929_1900_KoreaOpen2018_YVES1296_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 SF – Last Danes and Chinese to mix it up")
![Zhang Beiwen denied Sung Ji Hyun a 5th home final appearance with her 1st ever win over the Korean, and now gets ready for a gruelling final. By Don Hearn, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180929_1524_KoreaOpen2018_YVES9239-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 SF – Zhang Beiwen: “I’m gonna get blisters!”")
![Semi-finals day at the Korea Open began with both Hoki/Kobayashi and He/Du booking finals berths at Super 500 level for the first time in their career. By Don Hearn, Badzine […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180929_1340_KoreaOpen2018_YVES1858_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 SF – Quartet of 1st-time finalists start things off")
![Seo Seung Jae was the only shuttler to book tickets to two Korea Open semi-finals as Du Yue, Yuta Watanabe, and Dechapol Puavaranukroh were all 1-and-1. By Don Hearn, Badzine […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180928_1846_KoreaOpen2018_YVES0482_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 QF – Seo in two semis, 3 others left with 1")
![Korean shuttlers kept their streaks alive as Sung Ji Hyun entered the Korea Open semi-finals for the 7th time and Chae Yoo Jung and Seo Seung Jae reached their first […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180928_1642_KoreaOpen2018_YVES4741_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 QF – Home team books semis spots early")
![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}
