- 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
![A week after India completed its 82nd Senior National Badminton Championships, 6 top Indian shuttlers have withdrawn on the eve of the China Open, two of these effectively assuring they […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170922_1333_JapanOpen2017_BPYL0712-115x115.jpg "6 Indians back out of China Open")
![China’s Huang Yaqiong won the doubles double at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold, including a convincing win with new partner Zheng Siwei. By Don Hearn. Photos: Mak Chiu Wo […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171112_1246_Macau_Open_2017_DSC_8268-115x115.jpg "MACAU OPEN 2017 Finals – Huang Yaqiong takes two")
![Seo Seung Jae of Korea beat not one but two top seeds en route to two finals, one against world #2 Huang Yaqiong, who is herself looking for two titles. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170919_2105_JapanOpen2017_BPYL0543_rotator-115x115.jpg "MACAU OPEN 2017 SF – Seo and Huang to face off for doubles double")
![The French Badminton Federation (FFBad) announced today that Performance Director Peter Gade and Coach Jesper Hovgaard will be leaving the French national team programme following the European Badminton Championships next […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170425_1414_EuropeanChampionships2017_BPYN7014-115x115.jpg "Peter Gade and Jesper Hovgaard to leave France")
![Both of last year’s runners-up from Thailand, Nitchaon Jindapol and Kititharakul/Prajongjai, returned to take the titles in 2017 at the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold. By Don Hearn. Photos: Sven […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171105_1601_Bitburger2017_bit17-SVH-4214_rotator-115x115.jpg "BITBURGER OPEN 2017 – Thais turn silver into gold")
![Exciting young players are constantly bursting onto the international badminton scene, and even teenagers sometimes win the top prizes in the Superseries, the World Championships, even the Olympics, but there […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20151115_1805_WorldJuniorChampionships2015_RS__5307_rotator-115x115.jpg "Where the boys are: Why is men’s singles the exception to the prodigy pattern?")
![The Superseries takes a 2-week break before the China Open, where the hosts will attempt to add what is so far their smallest ever invitation list for the Superseries Finals […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170623_2248_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS3820_rotator-115x115.jpg "Chinese head home to add to Dubai 7")
![Christinna Pedersen and Mathias Christiansen proved to be another tough client for the rest of their opponents as they grabbed a highly-deserved ticket to the last four in Paris while […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171027_2054_FrenchOpen2017_BPRS7204_rotator-115x115.jpg "FRENCH OPEN 2017 QF – New start from Christinna Pedersen")
![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}
