- 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
![Thailand’s own Pornpawee Chochuwong took down world #1 Tai Tzu Ying in straight games to clinch a spot in the final four at the World Tour Finals. By Don Hearn. […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20210128_1707_WorldTourFinals2020_BPRS4844_rotator-115x115.jpg "WTF Day 2 – Chochuwong beats the world #1")
![Rio Olympic bronze medallist Jung Kyung Eun is the highest-profile casualty of the Korean national badminton team tryouts for 2021, while former Korea Masters winner Jeon Hyeok Jin and 2017 […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200108_1217_MalaysiaMasters2020_BPMP1925-115x115.jpg "Korean National Team 2021 – Former world #1 in, current #10 out")
![Lee Yang and Wang Chi Lin sparked a string of repeat titles from last Sunday as the Toyota Thailand Open concluded after just 8 games and one new and one […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20210124_1356_ToyotaThailandOpen2021_BPRS1068_rotator-115x115.jpg "TOYOTA THAILAND OPEN Finals – 2nd verse, same as the first!")
![Home favourites Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai lead a parade of 4 champions from last week into the finals for further success, while Korean players pulled off 2 reversals from last week, failed at […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20210123_1907_ToyotaThailandOpen2021_BPES9492_rotator-115x115.jpg "TOYOTA THAILAND OPEN SF – 4 looking for consecutive titles")
![Mixed doubles again produced the biggest upsets of the day but this time it was Malaysia’s Hoo/Cheah and India’s Rankireddy/Ponnappa punching above their weight. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live) […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20210122_1217_ToyotaThailandOpen2021_BPRS6029_rotator-115x115.jpg "TOYOTA THAILAND OPEN QF – Upset after upset in mixed")
![Thailand’s Supak Jomkoh / Supissara Paewsampran scored the biggest upset in the opening match on Thursday, while none of the matches involving Hong Kong players finished according to seed. By […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20210121_0922_ToyotaThailandOpen2021_BPRS9610_rotator-115x115.jpg "TOYOTA THAILAND OPEN R16 – Jomkoh/Paewsampran hold on")
![The Nippon Badminton Association announced its full roster for 2021 national team, while the Badminton Korea Association has a new Head Coach and a new chair and began national tryouts […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Korea-Japan-Friendly-Team-handshake-8565-115x115.jpg "A tale of two systems – Japan announces national team, Korea to begin tryouts")
![Men’s singles world #1 Kento Momota has tested positive for Covid-19, and the Nippon Badminton Association (NBA) has withdrawn its contingent from the upcoming BWF World Tour events in Thailand. […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20191105_1107_FuzhouChinaOpen2019_BPYL5211-115x115.jpg "Momota tests positive for Covid-19; Japan to skip Thai tour")
![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 […]](https://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 […]](https://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 […]](https://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 […]](https://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 […]](https://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}
