- 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
![Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko won the battle of the would-be first time Grand Prix Gold titlists, beating Lu Ching Yao / Yang Po Han to become 2017 U.S. Open […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170623_1842_AustraliaOpen2017_BPRS2462_rotator-115x115.jpg "U.S. OPEN 2017 Finals – 1st major title for Inoue and Kaneko")
![Lu Ching Yao / Yang Po Han and Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko enjoyed narrow semi-final victories and will face off to determine which will make the 2017 U.S. Open […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170715_1624_CanadaOpen2017_YVES6464_rotator-115x115.jpg "U.S. OPEN 2017 SF – Top seeds vie for first title")
![The BWF World Championships are less than a month away and at least two disciplines are guaranteed to have brand new champions. Cast your vote in our latest Badzine poll […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170312_1643_AllEngland2017_BPRA1342_rotator-115x115.jpg "Poll – New World Champions coming: Who will they be?")
![Badminton’s top prize winners of last year could be on their way to breaking records in 2017, as both Tai Tzu Ying and Chen Qingchen had won well over half […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/interim-winnings-Tai-and-Chen-115x115.jpg "Tai and Chen on track for record prize-winnings")
![Korea’s Kim Won Ho was the first of five to take a career first Grand Prix title at the Canada Open. By Don Hearn. Photos: Yves Lacroix / Badmintonphoto (live) […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170716_1350_CanadaOpen2017_YVES7121_rotator-115x115.jpg "CANADA OPEN 2017 Finals – Four first titles, one streak starts")
![Kanta Tsuneyama beat former champion Lee Hyun Il to book a final matchup with comeback kid Kento Momota while Korea’s youngsters took down the top seeds as 18-year-old Kim Won […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170715_1453_CanadaOpen2017_YVES5371_rotator-115x115.jpg "CANADA OPEN 2017 SF – Kanta, Kento, and Korean teens with the upsets")
![Defending men’s doubles champions Attri/Reddy fell to the youngest quarter-finalist at the Canada Open as Korea’s 18-year-old Kim Won Ho reached his career first Grand Prix semi-final, times two! By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170714_2048_CanadaOpen2017_YVES3504_rotator-115x115.jpg "CANADA OPEN 2017 QF – Indians lost two to Won Ho")
![Defending champions Manu Attri / Sumeeth Reddy and Do Tuan Duc / Pham Nhu Thao made it through to the quarter-finals at the Canada Open but Zhang Beiwen and the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170713_2243_CanadaOpen2017_YVES4897_rotator-115x115.jpg "CANADA OPEN 2017 R16 – 2 top seeds down, defending champs hold on")
![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}
