- 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
![Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva won the Orleans Masters and propelled themselves into contention to qualify for the BWF World Tour Finals, as the new tour format starts to show some […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180401_1349_OrleansMasters2018_BP018701_rotator-115x115.jpg "BWF Tour – Every little bit helps on the Road to Guangzhou")
![In her first on-court appearance since Rio, Li Xuerui made the Lingshui China Masters her first title in nearly 2 years. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) Last year saw the return to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160610_1850_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__9943_rotator-115x115.jpg "LINGSHUI MASTERS 2018 – Li Xuerui is back!")
![Malaysia’s Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai took their first mixed title at a six-figure badminton event, making the German Open their second major title. By Don Hearn. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180311_1458_GermanOpen2018_ygo18-SVH-9521_rotator-115x115.jpg "GERMAN OPEN 2018 – Biggest title yet for Goh and Lai")
![The Korean badminton community today mourns the passing of two-time All England champion Jung Jae Sung. The 35-year-old died of a heart attack this morning at his home near Suwon, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170713_2047_CanadaOpen2017_YVES4368_rotator-115x115.jpg "Two-time All England winner Jung Jae Sung taken by a heart attack at 35")
![Playing in his first major final, Mark Lamsfuss was joined by both women’s doubles winners in winning a first ever major title. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live) Germany’s Mark […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180225_1448_SwissOpen2018_DSC1435_rotator-115x115.jpg "SWISS OPEN 2018 – 3 take first major titles")
![Denmark won the men’s and women’s titles at the European Badminton Team Championships in Kazan while Canada did likewise in the Pan Am region, completing the qualifier list for the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180218_1531_EuropeanTeamChampionships2018_MIK_3935-115x115.jpg "Denmark and Canada both win double continental team titles")
![With the quarter-finals complete at the European Men’s and Women’s Team Championships, Russia and Hong Kong got near confirmation of their qualification for the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180216_1928_EuropeanTeamChampionships2018_MIK_2292-115x115.jpg "European semi-finalists send Russia, Hong Kong to Bangkok")
![Former Australian Open winner Tang Yuanting will be appearing in the Australian National Championships later this month. Former world #2 Tang Yuanting (pictured, with Ma Jin) keeps on surprising. In […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150531_1545_AustralianOpen2015-RSAL9674-115x115.jpg "Tang Yuanting the latest from China to reappear in Australia")
![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}
