- 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
![Former world #1s Lee Yong Dae, Yoo Yeon Seong, Ko Sung Hyun, and Robert Mateusiak are all surprise entries in the 2017 Korea Masters, which begins on November 28th in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20140831_1513_WorldChampionships2014-YN9915-1-115x115.jpg "Retired world #1s return for Korea Masters")
![The race to qualify for the Superseries Finals in Dubai is still wide open, with only 3 pairs having mathematically clinched their spots on points and all three are sitting […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171019_2013_DenmarkOpen2017_BPRS6871_rotator-115x115.jpg "3 clinch Dubai spots, sit out Paris")
![Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet saved 5 match points en route to beating the World #1 and making the Denmark Open their first Superseries title. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171022_1446_DenmarkOpen2017_BPRS0909_rotator-115x115.jpg "DENMARK OPEN 2017 Finals – Tse treats Tang to 1st title")
![Gregoria Mariska becomes the first Indonesian in 25 years to win the World Junior Championship girls’ singles title, while each boys’ title gets a brand new home. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171022_1738_WorldJuniors2017_ND5_6372_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD JUNIORS Finals – Gregoria enchants!")
![Lefthanders Lee Hyun Il and Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet rose up to upset their favoured opponents in the semi-finals of the Denmark Open Superseries Premier. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171021_1354_DenmarkOpen2017_BPRS9577_rotator-115x115.jpg "DENMARK OPEN 2017 SF – Southpaws triumph in northern Superseries")
![Indonesian mixed shuttlers booked one title and hope for a record of 3 as the World Junior Championship finals loom. By Don Hearn. Photos: Robertus Pudyanto / Badmintonphoto (live) Two […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171021_1418_WorldJuniors2017_ND5_2578_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD JUNIORS SF – Indonesians poised to make history")
![The 2017 Dutch Open Grand Prix saw four players win their first ever Grand Prix titles, while Kento Momota got the biggest title yet of his post-comeback phase. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171015_1649_DutchOpen2017_AVX_7014_rotator-115x115.jpg "DUTCH OPEN 2017 Finals – 2 Grand Prix firsts; Momota marches on back")
![Defending champion China relied on two upsets of Malaysia’s past and present junior singles champions to take a 12th Suhandinata Cup title. By Don Hearn. Photos: Raphael Sachetat / Badmintonphoto […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171014_1725_WorldJuniorsTeam2017_BPRS5777_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD JUNIORS Team Final – China shuts down Malaysia’s junior champions")
![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}
