- 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
![At least nine men’s doubles players look set to qualify for their first ever season-ender as the Superseries wraps up its tenth tournament. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto With the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161026_2007_FrenchOpen2016_BPYN1643-115x115.jpg "SS FINALS 2016 – Dubai doubles debuts due in droves")
![Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk stunned Superseries leader Son Wan Ho at the Denmark Open to claim his first career Superseries victory. By Don Hearn. Photos: Arthur Van der Velde and Yohan […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161023_1501_DenmarkOpen2016_BPYN7639_rotator-115x115.jpg "DENMARK OPEN 2016 Finals – First titles for Tanongsak and Tan")
![India’s Ajay Jayaram was denied ranking points from the recent Japan Open under a rule enacted last year that treats all incomplete matches between compatriots as undeserving of ranking points. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160921_1300_JapanOpen2016_BPRS2101-115x115.jpg "Ajay Jayaram first victim of obscure BWF rule")
![World #38 Brice Leverdez caused the upset of the week at the Denmark Open, beating two-time champion Lee Chong Wei to reach his first career Superseries semi-final. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161021_2132_DenmarkOpen2016_AVX_7722_rotator-115x115.jpg "DENMARK OPEN 2016 QF – Leverdez beats world #1")
![Autumn 2016 marks ten years since the launch of Badzine’s international website. To mark the occasion, we present to you this illustrated retrospective of some of the changes and the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Lee-Yong-Dae-before-and-after_rotator-115x115.jpg "Celebrating 10 years of international badminton on Badzine!")
![Wang Tzu Wei and compatriots Lee/Lee both forsook their home Grand Prix event and in the Netherlands, the each picked up a second career title. By Don Hearn. Photos: Arthur […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/2016-10-16_AVX_7251_rotator-115x115.jpg "DUTCH OPEN 2016 – Two from Taiwan go to two on the road")
![Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet did one better than last weekend as they captured the Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix title in just their fourth tournament together. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150512_1508_SudirmanCup2015_RS_L3830-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI MASTERS 2016 – One step up for Tang and Tse")
![Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy Nekakuhiri took their second straight Grand Prix title as India won two at the Russian Open in Vladivostok. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160413_0939_SingaporeOpen2016_Yves0775-115x115.jpg "RUSSIAN OPEN 2016 – Pranaav and Sikki take 2nd straight title")
![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}
