1970 Thomas Cup knockout stage

Badminton tournament The knockout stage for the 1970 Thomas Cup began on 28 May 1970 with the first-round knockout and ended on 6 June with the final tie. Qualified teams The teams that won their zonal tie qualified for the final knockout stage. GroupWinnersCHMASASINAAMCANAUNZLEUDEN Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Challenge round y CAN Bye 28 May 1970 – Kuala Lumpur NZL 0 INA 9 MAS Bye Bye DEN 1 June 1970 – Kuala Lumpur CAN 0 INA 9 30 May 1970 – Kuala Lumpur MAS 5 DEN 4 5 June 1970 – Kuala Lumpur INA 7 MAS 2 First round Indonesia started off their Thomas Cup campaign with a 9–0 win over debutants New Zealand. On the first day, Muljadi and Rudy Hartono gave Indonesia a 2–0 lead after they defeated the Purser brothers in the first two singles. Indonesia's lead doubled after Indra Gunawan and Mintarja's win over Warren Johns and Michael Stossel of New Zealand, with Rudy Hartono and Indratno defeating the Purser brothers in the second doubles. The second day of competition saw Muljadi and Hartono defeating the Purser brothers once again, with Darmadi defeating John Compton in the third singles. Indonesia ended the tie with a clean sweep after winning the last two doubles matches. In the two-night match, Indonesia scored a total of 270 points while New Zealand scored 86, a ratio of almost three-to-one. Indonesia vs New Zealand Indonesia New Zealand Stadium Negara 28–29 May 197029 May 1970 Indonesia bolot 4 kosong malam pertama https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19700529-1.2.99 12 July 2024 Berita Harian 13 ms NewspaperSG30 May 1970 Indonesia tunjok gigih https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19700530-1.2.58 12 July 2024 Berita Harian 6 ms NewspaperSG 9 0 Muljadi 15 15 Bryan Purser 5 1 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Richard Purser 4 3 Indra Gunawan Mintarja 15 15 Warren Johns Michael Stossel 9 5 Rudy Hartono Indratno 15 15 Bryan Purser Richard Purser 4 12 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Bryan Purser 3 7 Muljadi 15 15 Richard Purser 4 2 Darmadi 15 15 John Compton 0 6 Rudy Hartono Indratno 15 15 Warren Johns Michael Stossel 11 5 Indra Gunawan Mintarja 15 15 Bryan Purser Richard Purser 5 0 Second round The veteran Erland Kops, highly critical of the IBF's (BWF's) decision to sustain Indonesia's protest against Thailand, declined to play in further Thomas Cup contests. For reasons less clear, Denmark's top singles player Svend Pri was unavailable. Nevertheless, Malaysia had great difficulty against a group of opponents who seemed to be less affected by the tropical heat and humidity than previous Danish squads had been. Playing first singles for Denmark, the talented Elo Hansen stunned both Tan Aik Huang and "Punch" Gunalan in straight game, while the veteran Henning Borch outlasted Abdul Rahman in the third singles match. Malaysia managed to scrape home 5–4 by taking three of the four doubles matches and both singles against the Danish number two. Gunalan atoned for his loss to Hansen by decisively winning his remaining singles and doubles. In the other match, Indonesia defeated debutants Canada 9–0. In the first day, Indonesia won the first two singles with Muljadi and Rudy Hartono winning convincingly over Canada's Jamie Paulson and Wayne Macdonnell. In the first doubles, Canada's Dave Charron and Bruce Rollick put up a great fight as they managed to take a game from scratch pair Muljadi and Mintarja. The second doubles saw Rudy Hartono and Indratno defeat Yves Paré and Jamie Paulson in straight sets. In the second day, Darmadi was up against Channarong Ratanaseangsuang who formerly represented Thailand. Channarong took the first game but Darmadi later fought back by winning the next two sets. Muljadi and Rudy Hartono later defeated their Canadian opponents in the singles crossovers. In eight singles games against Rudy Hartono and Muljadi, Canada's Jamie Paulson and Wayne Macdonnell could aggregate only 21 points. Indonesia also won the next two doubles match in two sets. Malaysia vs Denmark Malaysia Denmark Stadium Negara 30–31 May 197031 May 1970 Malaysians 3-1 up on Danes https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19700531-1.2.123 12 July 2024 The Straits Times 22 en NewspaperSG1 June 1970 Boon Bee, Gunalan clinch 5-4 victory https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19700601-1.2.118.1 12 July 2024 The Straits Times 45 en NewspaperSG 5 4 Tan Aik Huang 15 6 15 Klaus Kaagaard 11 15 12 Punch Gunalan 11 10 Elo Hansen 15 15 Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee 15 15 Henning Borch Per Walsøe 10 4 Tan Aik Huang Tan Aik Mong 17 15 Tom Bacher Poul Petersen 16 10 Abdul Rahman Mohamed 15 13 14 Henning Borch 3 18 17 Tan Aik Huang 9 4 Elo Hansen 15 15 Punch Gunalan 8 15 8 Klaus Kaagaard 5 0 Tan Aik Huang Tan Aik Mong 13 15 11 Henning Borch Per Walsøe 18 12 15 Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee 15 15 Tom Bacher Poul Petersen 5 2 Indonesia vs Canada Indonesia Canada Stadium Negara 1–2 June 19702 June 1970 Indonesia outplay Canada for 4-0 lead https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19700602-1.2.172.13 12 July 2024 The Straits Times 28 en NewspaperSG3 June 1970 Indonesia storm to Cup final https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19700603-1.2.142.14 12 July 2024 The Straits Times 23 en NewspaperSG 9 0 Muljadi 15 15 Jamie Paulson 4 7 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Wayne Macdonnell 4 1 Mintarja Muljadi 15 12 15 Dave Charron Bruce Rollick 11 15 11 Indra Gunawan Rudy Hartono 15 15 Yves Paré Jamie Paulson 8 4 Darmadi 10 15 15 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 2 1 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Jamie Paulson 1 2 Muljadi 15 15 Wayne Macdonnell 1 1 Indra Gunawan Rudy Hartono 15 15 Dave Charron Bruce Rollick 6 4 Mintarja Muljadi 15 15 Yves Paré Jamie Paulson 9 10 Challenge round Malaysia vs Indonesia Malaysia's struggle on its home courts against Denmark had boded badly for its chances against Indonesia, but the relative ease of Indonesia's victory in the final still surprised many observers. Indonesia captured five of the first six matches, including all four at the first two singles positions, to wrest the Cup from Malaysia. Though "Punch" Gunalan was Malaysia's strongest all-around player at this time, he was also (at the comparatively late age of 26) a Thomas Cup rookie, and nerves may have played a role in his tame lead-off loss to the veteran Muljadi. He won the first of his doubles matches with the redoubtable Ng Boon Bee and extended Rudy Hartono to three games in the fifth match of the tie, but the potential three wins which might have been expected from Gunalan's racket did not materialize. Indonesia regained the title by a final score of 7–2, in one of the very few Thomas Cup occasions that a team has had much more difficulty in qualifying for the final set of ties than in winning it. Again, Hartono won all four of his matches.http://tangkis.tripod.com/thomas/calendar.htm tangkis.tripod.com https://web.archive.org/web/20061214221836/http://tangkis.tripod.com/thomas/calendar.htm December 14, 2006 Malaysia Indonesia Stadium Negara 5–6 June 19706 June 1970 Indonesia dahului Malaysia 3 balas 1 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19700606-1.2.8 12 July 2024 Berita Harian 1 ms NewspaperSG7 June 1970 Indonesia tewaskan Malaysia https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19700607-1.2.12 12 July 2024 Berita Harian 1 ms NewspaperSG 2 7 Punch Gunalan 9 5 Muljadi 15 15 Abdul Rahman Mohamed 12 2 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Ng Tat Wai Tan Aik Huang 9 11 Indra Gunawan Rudy Hartono 15 15 Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee 15 13 15 Indratno Mintarja 7 15 10 Tan Aik Huang 15 15 Darmadi 12 12 Abdul Rahman Mohamed 5 5 Muljadi 15 15 Punch Gunalan 16 15 3 Rudy Hartono 17 12 15 Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee 15 16 6 Indra Gunawan Rudy Hartono 9 17 15 Ng Tat Wai Tan Aik Huang 15 16 10 Indratno Mintarja 10 18 15 References 2 Category:Thomas & Uber Cup Category:1970 in badminton