- 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
![Michelle Li and Zhang Beiwen have again booked a final encounter that ensures Dutch Open Grand Prix titles will head to 3 different continents. By Don Hearn. Photos: Arthur van […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171014_1654_DutchOpen2017_AVX_5162_rotator-115x115.jpg "DUTCH OPEN 2017 SF – Titles booked for 3 different continents")
![The auction for India’s Premier Badminton League (PBL) was completed on Monday with some very interesting names at the top of the bidding, with H. S. Prannoy the top pick […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170825_1721_WorldChampionships2017_BPRS8463_rotator-115x115.jpg "Prannoy, Shin, and Tian surprise stars in PBL auction")
![Korea’s biggest domestic event featured winning retirees, training national team members and next week’s World Junior Championship hopefuls. Story and photos by Don Hearn The Superseries resumes next week with […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/NSF2017-2000-115x115.jpg "New Korean pairs put to pre-Denmark test")
![Korea is top seed for the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championship but is forced to send a young team to Yogyakarta next month as the top Korean teen stars […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170913_1606_KoreaOpen2017_YVES5752-115x115.jpg "Top-seeded Korea to send understudies for World Junior team event")
![The retirement of World Championship bronze medallist Hong Wei – along with his Chinese team-mates Bao Yixin, Luo Ying, and Luo Yu – adds one more to the list of […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170824_2048_WorldChampionships2017_BPRS1414-115x115.jpg "Retirements complete October doubles debut dozen")
![Pusarla Venkata Sindhu turned the tables on World Champion Nozomi Okuhara to win a thrilling finale to the Korea Open just 3 weeks after losing that incredible World Championship final. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170917_1557_KoreaOpen2017_YVES0289_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 Finals – Back on top for Sindhu")
![Two pairs looking to follow All England titles had contrasting fortunes but Debby Susanto and Praveen Jordan made the Korea Open title their first since Birmingham last year. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170917_1158_KoreaOpen2017_YVES7312_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 Finals – Susanto and Jordan end title drought")
![Indonesian shuttlers went 4 for 4 in the semi-finals of the Korea Open, as Anthony Ginting beat world #1 Son Wan Ho to reach his first international final. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170916_1343_KoreaOpen2017_YVES3461_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 SF – Perfect day for Indonesia!")
![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}
