- 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
![Upsets came from near and far at the Korea Open, as Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour took out the former World Champion and hometown heroes Lee and Kim shocked top seeds Kamura/Sonoda. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180927_1754_KoreaOpen2018_YVES6290_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 R16 – Top seeds continue to tumble")
![Two two-time European Champions had their sights on the Korea Open quarter-finals but Chae Yoo Jung and Seo Seung Jae saw off Chris and Gabby Adcock before Viktor Axelsen suffered […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180927_1433_KoreaOpen2018_YVES8724_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 R16 – European Champs ousted")
![Thailand’s badminton team showed promise throughout the day on Wednesday at the Korea Open but again victory came once Dechapol Puavaranukroh got involved. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180925_1638_KoreaOpen2018_YVES-THADEN-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 Day 2 – Thais’ success comes late")
![Lee Yong Dae and Kim Gi Jung return to the Korea Open with a big win over two very big Russian veterans. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in Seoul […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180926_1355_KoreaOpen2018_YVES0060_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 Day 2 – Lee and Kim fend off the Russian giants")
![Three Korean mixed doubles pairs pushed through to the second round of the Korea Open in their first Super 500 appearance. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in Seoul Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180925_1642_KoreaOpen2018_YVES5176_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 Day 1 – Home mixed pairs make first steps on big stage")
![Singles got underway early with several veterans taking the qualifying rounds to get accustomed to playing on court as Seoul settles comfortably into autumn on this Chuseok long weekend. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180925_1315_KoreaOpen2018_YVES4857-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2018 Day 1 – Visiting veterans acclimatize")
![Former world #1 shuttlers Huang Dongping, Srikanth Kidambi, and Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen all withdrew on the eve of the 2018 Korea Open but 2014 World Champions Ko Sung […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150918_1355_KoreaOpen2015_Yves6917-115x115.jpg "3 former #1s back out, 1 still can’t get into Korea Open")
![Anthony Ginting beat next week’s world #1 Kento Momota, while Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen made the China Open their first title at a $200,000-plus event. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180923_1801_ChinaOpen2018_YVES3597_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINA OPEN 2018 Finals – Ginting beats the best, Danes take a first")
![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}
