- 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
![Chang Ye Na and Lee so Hee are back in the Korea Open final after again ousting Rio silver medallists Pedersen/Rytter Juhl. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in Seoul. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170916_1217_KoreaOpen2017_YVES5155_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 SF – Chang/Lee back in the final")
![Wang Tzu Wei scored in spurt after spurt to deny Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Vittinghus a repeat of his Thursday heroics at the Korea Open. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170915_1714_KoreaOpen2017_YVES0067_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 QF – Wang denies Vittinghus repeat miracle")
![Son Wan Ho is again into the semi-finals at the Korea Open after surviving a tough first-game loss to India’s Sameer Verma. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in Seoul. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170915_1411_KoreaOpen2017_YVES6987-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 QF – Son Wan Ho: Pressure and Confidence")
![Mixed doubles at the Korea Open is down to one seed and two Malaysian pairs, as Chan Peng Soon and Cheah Yee See surprised England’s Chris and Gabrielle Adcock. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170914_1903_KoreaOpen2017_YVES5487_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 R16 – Chan/Cheah send the Adcocks packing")
![Japan was on both ends of upsets on Day 3 of the Korea Open as Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu ousted World Championship runners-up Fukushima/Hirota. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170914_1523_KoreaOpen2017_YVES3110_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 R16 – Another lucky Seoul September for Polii?")
![The opening round of men’s singles at the Korea Open saw key upsets for Jonatan Christie, Brice Leverdez, and Ygor Coelho. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in Seoul. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170913_2018_KoreaOpen2017_YVES8334_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 R32 – August luck continues for Christie")
![Newly-crowned Asian Junior Chamions Baek Ha Na and Lee Yu Rim produced an early upset in the Korea Open women’s doubles to set up an encounter with the mighty Matsutomo/Takahashi. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170913_1606_KoreaOpen2017_YVES5752_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 R32 – Junior champs to take on world #1")
![Two-time defending men’s doubles champion Yoo Yeon Seong made a special appearance today in the Korea Open first round but he and Lim Khim Wah dropped a tight contest to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170913_1458_KoreaOpen2017_YVES5149-115x115.jpg "KOREA OPEN 2017 R32 – Defending underdog comes up short")
![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}
