- 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
![South Africa’s Jennifer Fry took two titles at the African Badminton Championships, the only one of the four players who had a shot at two each on finals day, when […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150810_1059_WorldChampionships2015-RSAL9879-115x115.jpg "AFRICAN CHAMPS 2017 – Fry, Algeria take two titles each")
![Ygor Coelho returned to the scene of his only previous International Challenge success and repeated as winner of the Peru International, while Michelle Li picked up her second singles title […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170331_1810_FrenchInternational2017_BPYN8454-115x115.jpg "PERU INT’L – Coelho repeats as Peru champion")
![Germany’s Marc Zwiebler announced today on his Facebook page, that he will be retiring from international badminton following the 2017 BWF World Championships in Glasgow. The 2012 European Champion set […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170217_1944_EuropeanMixedTeam2017_BPYL0667_thumb-115x115.jpg "Marc Zwiebler to call it quits")
![Chinese Taipei’s Wang Chi Lin too the first Grand Prix title of his career at the China Masters Grand Prix Gold, where all three doubles finals went to first-time finalists. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170405_1430_MalaysiaOpen2017_BPYL0945_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINA MASTERS 2017 Finals – Wang smashes his way to first major title")
![All 4 men once ranked #1 in the world were eliminated from the semi-finals of the China Masters on Saturday, as two pairs from Chinese Taipei are among those looking […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160922_1225_JapanOpen2016_BPRS9181_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINA MASTERS 2017 SF – World #1s need not apply")
![On Friday, Pan Am Games gold medallist Michelle Li played her first match since dropping out in the first round of the Japan Open, becoming the second of three continental […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150716_1501_PanAmGames2015_Yves3583-115x115.jpg "Pan Am gold medallist Michelle Li back on court")
![India’s Sai Praneeth has won the Singapore Open title after making his first appearance in a Superseries final and even semi-final. By Seria Rusli, Badzine Correspondent live in Singapore. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170416_1645_SingaporeOpen2017_BPYL5507_rotator-115x115.jpg "SINGAPORE OPEN 2017 Finals – Sai Praneeth champion on first try!")
![Europe provided some minor upsets as Korea and Indonesia were shut out but Sai Praneeth of India and Thailand’s Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai made the Singapore Open their first Superseries final appearance. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170415_1757_SingaporeOpen2017_BPYL4575_rotator-115x115.jpg "SINGAPORE OPEN 2017 SF – Thais and Sai Praneeth into first finals")
![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}
