- 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
![Day 1 of the Malaysia Masters saw three of Korea’s four independent pairs prevail in a promising start to the new year. By Don Hearn, Badzine correspondent live in Kuala […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200107_1243_MalaysiaMasters2020_BPMP_0144_rotator-115x115.jpg "MALAYSIA MASTERS Day 1 – Strong showing by Korea’s independents")
![Having given himself an ultimatum of sorts, Hans-Kristian Vittinghus got 2020 off to an auspicious start with two convincing wins in qualifying to reach the main draw of the first […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200107_1228_MalaysiaMasters2020_BPMP_9998_rotator-115x115.jpg "MALAYSIA MASTERS Day 1 – ‘Final chance’ has promising start for Vittinghus")
![On the eve of the Malaysia Masters, a few key last-minute withdrawals were confirmed, including the mixed doubles defending champions, the women’s doubles World Champions, and Malaysia’s only entries in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190120_1403_MalaysiaMasters2019_BP011050-115x115.jpg "Malaysia Masters to start minus defending champs, world champs, home shuttlers")
![49 of the world’s 50 top ten are gathering in Kuala Lumpur next week to ring in the new badminton year, with all five world #1s looking to pick up […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190119_1645_MalaysiaMasters2019_BP018907_rotator-115x115.jpg "MALAYSIA MASTERS Preview – 2020 to begin with a show of strength")
![Korean doubles star Seo Seung Jae is in an ominous predicament at home, with his contract decisions regarding which pro team to join actually putting his spot on the national […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190921_1249_ChinaOpen2019_BPYL2538-115x115.jpg "Seo Seung Jae team contract controversy casts pall over 2020 debut")
![The best badminton players in the world are gearing up for the 2020 season – or, for some, the homestretch of the Tokyo Olympic qualification period – but we take […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190705_2050_CanadaOpen2019_BPYL7797_rotator-115x115.jpg "2019 by the numbers: Badminton’s bests, mosts, and firsts of last season")
![Korea and Japan named their national teams for 2020 this past week, with minimal turnover, but a few veterans were replaced with fresh faces. Korea and Japan both unveiled their […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181114-1923-WorldJuniorChampionships2018_LUIS4637-115x115.jpg "Korea and Japan add a few young faces for 2020 national teams")
![World #1 Kento Momota became the first badminton player in history to earn more than half a million dollars in prize money when he tacked on $120,000 from the World […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/2019-Top-Prize-Winner-1723_ChinaOpen2019_BPYL4148_rotator-115x115.jpg "Momota clears the half-million mark for 2019")
![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}
