- 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
![India’s Pusarla Venkata Sindhu continues her 2017 march into April, winning her home Superseries event, with a reversal of her last final against Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170402_1930_IndiaOpen2017_BPYL8575_rotator-115x115.jpg "INDIA OPEN 2017 Finals – Sindhu super at home!")
![India’s Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is into her first final of her home Superseries event, after withstanding a late charge from Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun. By Don Hearn. Photos: Mikael Ropars […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170401_1747_IndiaOpen2017_BPYL7576_rotator-115x115.jpg "INDIA OPEN 2017 SF – Sindhu into the final")
![Former world #1 Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Zięba their 8th and last Polish Open mixed doubles title as they made their last appearance in their home tournament before their looming […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/9328_podium_XD_rotator-115x115.jpg "POLISH OPEN – Last home title in “long, long career” for Mateusiak/Zięba!")
![A perfect storm of weird ranking regulations, tournament selection, team event line-ups, and happen-stance have left the new pairing of former world #1 shuttlers Kim Ha Na and Yoo Yeon […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170308_2209_AllEngland2017_BPYN6914-115x115.jpg "Former world #1s shot in the foot")
![The announcement of the new BWF tournament structure has laid out a plan for 27 tournaments in 5 different levels but where are the gains and losses in terms of […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150525_0958_AustralianOpen2015-RS_L4453-115x115.jpg "Korea and Australia wane, China resurgent in new BWF events structure")
![Bangkok was one of the cities named by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to host its major events for 2018 and 2019. In a press release today following a BWF […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Host-Cities-3-Bangkok-115x115.jpg "Thailand to host its first Uber Cup Final")
![Japanese men’s singles star Kento Momota got an early decision from the Nippon Badminton Association (NBA) which should see him back into domestic competition as early as late May, according […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20151213_0822_WorldSuperseriesFinals2015_RS__0387-115x115.jpg "Momota cleared to come back to domestic competition")
![Li Yinhui picked up her last title as a teenager as she and Zhang Nan won their third straight Grand Prix Gold crown. By Don Hearn. Photos: Sven Heise / […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170305_1641_GermanOpen2017_ygo17-SVH-4257_rotator-115x115.jpg "GERMAN OPEN 2017 – 3 in a row for Zhang/Li")
![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}
