- 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
![New mixed partners Zhang Nan and Li Yinhui each advanced to two semi-finals at the China Open in Fuzhou. By Don Hearn. Photos: Raphael Sachetat / Badmintonphoto (live) Zhang Nan’s […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161118_2146_ChinaOpen2016_BPRS0328_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINA OPEN 2016 QF – 2 semis each for Zhang and Li")
![Sayaka Hobara / Nami Matsuyama became the first ever Japanese doubles champions at the World Junior Championships in Bilbao, Spain, leaving China one title short of a sweep. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Womens-Doubles-medallists_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD JUNIORS 2016 Finals – 1st doubles title for Japan!")
![Korea’s Lee Hong Sub and Lim Su Min dealt China its only defeat on Saturday and stand as one of 4 longshots to block China from sweeping all five titles […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20151106_1915_WorldJuniorTeamChampionships2015_RS__2366_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD JUNIORS 2016 SF – Underdogs look to thwart Chinese sweep")
![Korea’s Kim Ga Eun sees her way into two semi-finals at the World Junior Championships in Bilbao, Spain but it was her two compatriots who pulled off the big upsets […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160928_1208_KoreaOpen2016_BPYL7855_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD JUNIORS 2016 QF – Kim into singles and doubles semis")
![As the retirement announcements continue to trickle in, we present to you this photo array of those players who have entertained us over the years but who have said or […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161106_1614_Bitburger_Open_2016_bit16-svh-5835-115x115.jpg "2016 Curtain Call Collage")
![China’s Chen Qingchen pulls off a doubles double for the second consecutive week as she won the Bitburger Open both with Jia Yifan and Zheng Siwei. By Don Hearn. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161106_1839_Bitburger_Open_2016_bit16-svh-6021_rotator-115x115.jpg "BITBURGER OPEN 2016 Finals – Chen duplicates doubles double")
![The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced Friday that the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships will be returning to Korea in 2017. The south-eastern port city of Ulsan is to get its first […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/BWF-and-Korean-delegation-115x115.jpg "Para-Badminton Worlds to return to Korea")
![Japan’s Kenichi Hayakawa became the latest men’s doubles star to retire from international badminton competition, according to a report this week from the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Hayakawa’s departure means […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160920_1707_JapanOpen2016_CQ6Q9072-115x115.jpg "Post-Rio rash of retirements to cut top ten in half")
![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}
