- 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
![With just two days remaining in the Olympic qualification period, the prospects hang in the balance for just three Rio hopefuls but only champions on two continents can change things […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160429_1915_EuropeanChampionships2016_YN__5131-115x115.jpg "RACE TO RIO – Only champions can change things now")
![Australia didn’t exactly mop the floor with the competition at the 2016 Oceania Badminton Championships but rain, humidity, and a lot of subsequent floor-mopping delayed the inevitable sweep by Australian […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150514_1504_SudirmanCup2015_RS_L7649-1-115x115.jpg "OCEANIA CHAMPS 2016 – Australians sweep rain-delayed finals")
![Lee Dong Keun booked his spot in the Rio Olympics as the second Korean representative but along with his second straight win over Hu Yun, he benefited from a mysterious […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/IU5G3156_rotator-115x115.jpg "Upset and rule change send Lee to Rio?")
![Just over a week remains in the race to qualify for the Rio Olympics but developments in Tahiti have left both men’s singles and doubles spots in the balance as […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20151119_1515_HongKongOpen2015_Yves2283_rotator-115x115.jpg "RACE TO RIO – One more double in jeopardy")
![Sony Dwi Kuncoro ended a 6-year wait, Korea ended a 13-year wait, and Ratchanok Intanon capped off a 3-week winning streak, all at the 2010 Singapore Open. By Seria Rusli, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160417_1446_SingaporeOpen2016_Yves9645_rotator-115x115.jpg "SINGAPORE OPEN 2016 Finals – Long week for Sony, long run for Ratchanok")
![A 7th Singapore Open title was not in the cards for Liliyana Natsir, as she and Tontowi Ahmad could not find a way past Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun / Kim […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160416_1610_SingaporeOpen2016_Yves4705-115x115.jpg "SINGAPORE OPEN 2016 SF – No 7th for Liliyana")
![Sony Dwi Kuncoro beat none other than Lin Dan to stay in the hunt for his first Superseries title since the last time he won the Singapore Open, in 2010. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160416_1935_SingaporeOpen2016_Yves7764_rotator-115x115.jpg "SINGAPORE OPEN 2016 SF – Sony’s back for more Singapore bling")
![Ng Ka Long started off quarter-finals day at the Singapore Open with a bang by beating men’s singles World Champion Chen Long, then watched his two successors to the same […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160415_1542_SingaporeOpen2016_Yves7639_rotator-115x115.jpg "SINGAPORE OPEN 2016 QF – Ka Long, not Long in the semis")
![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}
