- 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
![Commonwealth Games gold medallists Michelle Li and Kashyap Parupalli both suffered early upsets at the Canada Open at the hands of talented challengers from Japan. By Don Hearn. Photos: Yves […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170712_1809_CanadaOpen2017_YVES2822_rotator-115x115.jpg "CANADA OPEN 2017 R32 – Japan tramples the Commonwealth")
![Ratchanok Intanon is the only former world #1 still planning to attend next month’s New Zealand Open, as Lee Chong Wei’s withdrawal was made official yesterday. Originally, Intanon was one […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150621_1629_USOpen2015_Yves3382-115x115.jpg "Lee Chong Wei withdraws from New Zealand")
![Just hours before flying to Calgary for the Canada Open, 9 Koreans won matches in the opening weekend of the 2nd edition of the Korean League. Story and photos by […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Korea-League-2017-IU5G0628-115x115.jpg "Koreans sneak in last wins hours before flying to Canada")
![Playing mixed doubles in a Grand Prix Gold event for the first time in his career, Korea’s Seo Seung Jae won the Chinese Taipei Open, together with former champion Kim […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170527_1508_SudirmanCup2017__SUD7344_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2017 Finals – Seo titles on first try")
![Wang Chi-Lin is up for the first doubles double of 2017 as he prevailed in both of his semi-finals at the Chinese Taipei Open on Saturday. By Don Hearn. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170524_1631_SudirmanCup2017_BPYN0526_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2017 SF – 2 chances at home for Wang Chi-Lin")
![It was revealed on Friday that long-time world #1 Lee Chong Wei is set to travel from one end of the Commonwealth to the other next month. The Malaysian star’s […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150628_1716_CanadaOpen2015_Yves0963_feature-115x115.jpg "Lee Chong Wei to head south, return as world #1")
![Singles star Peter Gade was in Korea this past weekend to share both court and microphone with no fewer than four local doubles legends. Story and photos by Don Hearn […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Legends-2017-Goyang-IU5G0191_rotator-115x115.jpg "Legends’ Vision sees doubles in Korea")
![Former world #2 Kento Momota has been entered in the 2017 Canada Open Grand Prix, which will be his first international tournament since he withdrew from last year’s Malaysia Open. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Momota-in-Saitama-115x115.jpg "Momota bound for Canada with 3 fellow former top tens")
![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}
