1973 Thomas Cup knockout stage

Badminton tournament The knockout stage for the 1973 Thomas Cup began on 25 May 1973 with the first-round knockout and ended on 3 June with the final tie. Qualified teams The teams that won their zonal tie qualified for the final knockout stage. GroupWinnersCHINAASTHAAMCANAUINDEUDEN Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Challenge round y DEN Bye 25 May 1973 – Jakarta IND 4 CAN 5 INA Bye Bye THA 27 May 1973 – Jakarta DEN 9 CAN 0 29 May 1973 – Jakarta INA 8 THA 1 2 June 1973 – Jakarta DEN 1 INA 8 First round The first tie of the inter-zone playoffs in Jakarta pitting Canada against India was another rousing 5–4 battle featuring numerous close matches. A few days shy of his eighteenth birthday, India's Prakash Padukone showed signs of future greatness by defeating both Jamie Paulson (climbing back from 6–14 down in the third) and Bruce Rollick in titanic three game struggles. Paulson, however, won his remaining singles and both of his doubles with the ebullient Yves Pare. Ex-Thais Raphi Kanchanaraphi and Channarong Ratanaseangsuang completed a sweep of the doubles allowing Canada to advance to the semifinal against Denmark."Indonesia Repeats," Badminton USA, November 1973, 4. India vs Canada India Canada Istora Senayan 25–26 May 197327 May 1973 Mungkinkah India bertemu dengan Denmark? https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19730527-1.2.39.1 14 July 2024 Berita Harian 12 ms NewspaperSG28 May 1973 Piala Thomas: Canada Masuk semi-final https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19730528-1.2.47.5 14 July 2024 Berita Harian 9 ms NewspaperSG 4 5 Prakash Padukone 15 11 17 Jamie Paulson 6 15 14 Dipu Ghosh 15 15 Bruce Rollick 3 11 Prakash Padukone Asif Parpia 10 15 11 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 12 15 Dipu Ghosh Raman Ghosh 13 15 Yves Paré Jamie Paulson 15 17 Prakash Padukone 6 15 15 Bruce Rollick 15 10 15 Dipu Ghosh 8 12 Jamie Paulson 15 15 Suresh Goel 15 18 Wayne Macdonnell 11 17 Dipu Ghosh Raman Ghosh 9 2 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Prakash Padukone Asif Parpia 18 7 11 Yves Paré Jamie Paulson 17 15 15 Second round Unfortunately for spectators, the Canada vs. India tie was the last of the dramatic, issue-always-in-doubt team contests which had characterized much of the 72-73 Thomas Cup series. Canada, which needed to be at its best to be competitive against a typically talented Danish lineup, was flat instead and lost tamely 0–9. Svend Pri, playing both singles and doubles, won all of his matches in straight games. Kanchanaraphi and Ratanaseangsuang, each of whom had winning Thomas Cup records against the Danes in matches dating back to 1961 and 1964, found the going rougher in their mid thirties. Dropping only two games in the tie, Denmark advanced to the Thomas Cup final for the fourth time. In the other semifinal Thailand, an upset winner of the Asian zone qualifier, fought hard but was out-gunned by an Indonesian team that was perhaps the best yet in their then almost unbroken string of Thomas Cup success. Thailand's diminutive but highly talented Bandid Jaiyen wore down the veteran Muljadi in three games, but the Thais were unable to capture another match. Traditionally strong in doubles, the Thais dropped eight straight doubles games, only one of them close, to Indonesian pairs containing future "legends" Tjun Tjun, Christian Hadinata, and Ade Chandra. With Rudy Hartono winning all four of his matches for the fifth consecutive time, Indonesia advanced to play in its sixth straight final."Indonesia Repeats." Indonesia vs Thailand Indonesia Thailand Istora Senayan 27–28 May 197328 May 1973 HARTONO AND Co CRUSH THAIS FORA 4-0 LEAD https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730528-1.2.107.3 14 July 2024 The Straits Times 31 en NewspaperSG29 May 1973 Ruthless Rudy routs Sangob for winner... https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730529-1.2.105.1 14 July 2024 limited Berita Harian 24 ms NewspaperSG 8 1 Muljadi 15 15 Sangob Rattanusorn 8 3 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Bandid Jaiyen 5 8 Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata 15 15 Thongchai Phongful Sila Ulao 6 12 Rudy Hartono Tjun Tjun 15 15 Bandid Jaiyen Pornchai Sakuntaniyom 5 7 Amril Nurman 15 7 15 Chaisak Thongdejsri 8 15 0 Muljadi 12 18 13 Bandid Jaiyen 15 14 15 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Sangob Rattanusorn 5 4 Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata 15 15 Bandid Jaiyen Pornchai Sakuntaniyom 8 9 Rudy Hartono Tjun Tjun 15 15 Thongchai Phongful Sila Ulao 5 6 Denmark vs Canada Denmark Canada Istora Senayan 29–30 May 197331 May 1973 Denmark whips Canada 9-0 to reach shuttle cup final https://books.google.com/books?id=AxQyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA29 13 July 2024 The Montreal Gazette 29 en 9 0 Elo Hansen 15 15 Bruce Rollick 6 5 Svend Pri 15 15 Jamie Paulson 4 8 Tom Bacher Poul Petersen 15 17 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 12 14 Henning Borch Svend Pri 15 15 Yves Paré Jamie Paulson 0 11 Flemming Delfs 15 15 Wayne Macdonnell 6 7 Svend Pri 17 15 Bruce Rollick 14 6 Elo Hansen 9 15 15 Jamie Paulson 15 3 6 Henning Borch Svend Pri 15 15 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 10 10 Tom Bacher Poul Petersen 15 15 15 Yves Paré Jamie Paulson 7 18 9 Challenge round Indonesia vs Denmark Muljadi for Indonesia and Henning Borch for Denmark were the only holdovers from the controversial 1964 final between the two nations (they had faced each other at third singles with Muljadi, then known as Ang Tjin Siang, winning).Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 87. Both ended their Thomas Cup careers with this '73 final. It was a happy ending for Muljadi who outlasted Elo Hansen in three hard games in the first match of the tie, and then beat a jaded Svend Pri in straight games on the second night (thus completing a perfect 6–0 singles record in the championship rounds of Thomas Cup). Pri was jaded on the second night largely because of his colossal effort on the first night in handing Rudy Hartono his first Thomas Cup singles loss. Smashing accurately in the first and third games and staving off several match points Pri threw his racket to the crowd at the conclusion of the battle. Sterling achievement though it was, it did little to spark a good Danish team against a generally better opponent on the opponent's home court. Hansen became ill and defaulted his second night's match to Hartono. Budding Danish star Flemming Delfs faded after the first game to lose the third singles match to Amril Nurman 4–15 in the third. The doubles matches were less competitive. 1970 All-England champions Tom Bacher and Poul Petersen, never at their best in the tropics, lost tamely to Christian and Chandra and to Hartono and Tjun Tjun. As for Henning Borch, the only Dane at that time to have competed in five inter-zone campaigns, it was a final disappointment. He and Svend Pri failed to score more than eight points in any of their doubles games. Indonesia won the tie 8–1, and with it their fifth Thomas Cup title.Davis, 125, 126. Indonesia Denmark Istora Senayan 2–3 June 19733 June 1973 Indonesia lead but shock for Rudy https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730603-1.2.110 14 July 2024 The Straits Times 27 en NewspaperSG4 June 1973 Indonesia are champs again https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730604-1.2.114.1 14 July 2024 limited The Straits Times 29 en NewspaperSG 8 1 Muljadi 15 10 15 Elo Hansen 6 15 10 Rudy Hartono 12 15 15 Svend Pri 15 5 17 Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata 15 15 Tom Bacher Poul Petersen 3 5 Rudy Hartono Tjun Tjun 15 15 Henning Borch Svend Pri 7 6 Amril Nurman 11 15 15 Flemming Delfs 15 4 4 Muljadi 15 15 Svend Pri 11 1 Rudy Hartono Elo Hansen 1 Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata 15 15 Henning Borch Svend Pri 2 8 Rudy Hartono Tjun Tjun 15 15 Tom Bacher Poul Petersen 11 5 References 2 Category:Thomas & Uber Cup Category:1973 in badminton