- 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
![Seo Seung Jae is the one with the doubles double but two shuttlers won first ever Grand Prix Gold titles, while two others won again at the Korea Masters after […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Korea-Masters-Finals-2387_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2017 Finals – Firsts, seconds, thirds and a doubles double")
![The home team once again dominates the Korea Masters, locking up 4 titles and posting 2016 runner-up Lee Jang Mi in contention for the 5th but stars Lee Yong Dae […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Korea-Masters-SF-306_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2017 SF – New winners abound")
![Chinese youngster Wang Zhiyi is looking for her second title in Korea in three weeks as she ousted defending champion Sung Ji Hyun from the Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Korea-Masters-QF-8821_rotator_5036-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2017 QF – Wang’s Korean quest continues")
![The qualifying list for this year’s Superseries Finals in Dubai is marked by six players and pairs who have not been seen in international badminton competition in at least a […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170402_1536_IndiaOpen2017_BPYL7962_rotator-115x115.jpg "Dubai 2017 – The return")
![Rachel Choong again won the triple at the World Para-Badminton Championships while numerous shuttlers won first ever titles. Story and photos by Don Hearn, live from Ulsan England’s Rachel Choong […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Para-Badminton-Worlds-SS6-WS-Finalists_rotator-115x115.jpg "PARA-BADMINTON WORLDS – Choong’s 2nd triple flanked by lots of firsts")
![The Superseries heads to Hong Kong for the final event where players will have their last chance to score points toward qualifying for the Superseries Finals in Dubai. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170922_1240_JapanOpen2017_BPYL0091_rotator-115x115.jpg "34 still chasing 14 Dubai spots in Hong Kong")
![Akane Yamaguchi and Chen Long each took their first Superseries title of the year at the China Open in Fuzhou. By Don Hearn. Photos: Yves Lacroix / Badmintonphoto (live) For […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171119_1824_ChinaOpen2017_YVES5762_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINA OPEN 2017 Finals – Chen and Yamaguchi back on top")
![Gao Fangjie, Kim Hye Rin, and Mathias Christiansen all booked career first berths in a Superseries final after their big upsets on Saturday at the China Open in Fuzhou. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171118_1516_ChinaOpen2017_YVES8695_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINA OPEN 2017 SF – Newcomers and number ones")
![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}
