- 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
![Tinn Isriyanet and Kittisak Namdash made it three for Thailand at the Thailand Masters when they edged out the Macau Open champions to win the men’s doubles title. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180114_1854_ThailandMasters2018_BP017175_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND MASTERS 2018 – Surprise finale gives Thai men first title")
![Badminton Europe and Kawasaki Sports Europe announced a cooperation deal to supply stringing machines and strings to BEC Centre of Excellence. From press release. Photo provided by Kawasaki Sports and […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Lilit-Poghosyan-MPP_3936-December-18-2017-115x115.jpg "Badminton Europe to partner Kawasaki Sports for Centre of Excellence")
![15-year-old An Se Young became one of the youngest players ever named to the Korean national badminton team after an unbeaten run at the team try-outs this week. Photos: Badmintonphoto […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171010_2001_WorldJuniorsTeam2017_BPRA8872-115x115.jpg "An Se Young named to Korean national team at 15")
![Women’s singles world #2 Akane Yamaguchi earned more in prize money than any other badminton player in 2017. While China’s Chen Qingchen is 2nd on the list for the second […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Yamaguchi-Prize-winner-2017-rotator-115x115.jpg "Akane Yamaguchi top badminton 2017 prize-winner with US$261,363")
![Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo became the first men’s doubles pair to win 7 Superseries titles in a year as they beat the World Champions at the Superseries […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171217_1645_WorldSuperseriesFinals2017_BP026010_rotator-115x115.jpg "SS FINALS 2017 – Gideon/Sukamuljo make their 1st title a 7th")
![Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet won the longest semi-final on Saturday to get a shot at being the first Hong Kong pair to win a doubles title at […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171216_1534_WorldSuperseriesFinals2017_BP017161_rotator-115x115.jpg "SS FINALS 2017 SF – Tang/Tse go for a Hong Kong first")
![Recently married shuttler Chen Long joins Wong Wing Ki in having to watch someone else cash in at the lucrative Superseries Finals in Dubai after the 11th-hour qualifier backed out […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170621_1327_AustraliaOpen2017__ABO2125-115x115.jpg "Neither groom to get Dubai dowry")
![Doubles World Champions Amnouy Wetwithan and Chen Qingchen each walked away with a different Female Player of the Year award after the BWF bestowed its top honours for 2017 on […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171211_2113_WorldSuperseriesFinals2017_BP010415_rotator-115x115.jpg "Doubles specialists dominate BWF player awards")
![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}
