- 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
![Jeju-born world #1 Kim Ha Na is in her third international final in Korea but her first on her home island of Jeju, where three tough challengers will try to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/IU5G3687_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2016 SF – Kim Ha Na into final at home")
![China’s Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen are officially the most recent qualifiers for the BWF World Superseries Finals in Dubai, as two reigning gold medallists from the Olympics and one […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160608_1836_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__3754-115x115.jpg "Li/Liu scoop last spot for Dubai 2016")
![After Hu Yun was reported to have been invited to the Superseries Finals, Malaysia’s Vivian Hoo and Woon Khe Wei may just get the nod, given reports in the Indonesian […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160923_1411_JapanOpen2016_BPYL6001-115x115.jpg "SS FINALS 2016 – Hoo-Woon to join Hu Yun?")
![Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported today that world #15 Hu Yun had been invited to the season-ending Superseries Finals in Dubai, following the withdrawal of Olympic gold medallist […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161124_2023_HongKongOpen2016_BPRS6018-115x115.jpg "Chen Long withdrawal sends Hu to Dubai, says SCMP")
![Wheelchair badminton master Lee Sam Seop spoke to Badzine last month about being the inaugural BWF Para-Badminton Player of the Year in 2015, and about what lies ahead for 2017 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Lee-Sam-Seop-IU5G6273_rotator-115x115.jpg "Lee Sam Seop – The next 4 years for the Player of the Year")
![Lee Jhe-Huei and Lee Yang took their first career Grand Prix Gold title in Macau today, narrowly preventing China from sweeping the titles. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) Coming […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161123_1116_HongKongOpen2016_BPRS8227_rotator-115x115.jpg "MACAU OPEN 2016 Finals – Lees’ 1st blocks China sweep")
![It took 9 match points but Hong Kong’s Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet got some payback from Tan/Lai and have another shot at a Grand Prix Gold title […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161125_1619_HongKongOpen2016_BPRS9754_rotator-115x115.jpg "MACAU OPEN 2016 SF – Tang/Tse fight to another final")
![Post-Rio retirements and some fantastic autumn performances have resulted in nearly a third of those bound for the Superseries Finals being first-time qualifiers, including Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan and […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161030_1405_FrenchOpen2016_BPYN6890_rotator-115x115.jpg "SS FINALS 2016 – 19 rookies, 5 teens going to Dubai")
![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}
