Badminton 1980 Friend's Provident Masters; Rudi H vs LS King

Rudi Hartono (INDONESIA) vs Liem Swie King (INDONESIA)

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[rapemap]

Liem SK, the inventor of "jumping smash".

[Wens Gerdyman]

Rudy was past his prime and King was at his prime. Still that year Rudy would beat King one last time at the World Championship. Two best singles players Indonesia ever produced. Not even Ardie, Alan, or Taufik can compare to them.

[Syahrul ramadhan]

Kenapa Liem Swie King / Rudy Hartono kagak Jadi Pelatih Pelatnas aja ya ?? Biar indonesia menang

[Mbaxtron1]

Back then, there was no jumping smash. Zhao Jianhua was the player who was credited for starting it and the badminton became a more fast paced when other players started to copy it in the late 80's.

[es0walk]

リムスイキンvsルディハルトノ。まさに夢の一戦です。

[lowdown3007]

"unsighted, play a let please"

is that a rare call? i never have heard that call made in my time (present time)

[therealsolstice]

my first racket (in 1993) was a yonex RY-1000. it was probably about 110 grams lol.

in 1995, I got my first one-piece; a yonex carbonex 7 (about 95 g).

in 1997 i got a black knight 760 - Rapier (about 90g) ... then upgraded in '98 to the 780-Ultralight, and broke it and got a 790-ultraflex. i didn't like it, so i went back to head-light rackets.... and in 1999 got 2 carlton aerogear 1000FX (85g). 2003-2007 i used carlton airblades.

i use blacknight C2C nanofires now.

[xxsontilxx]

lol i used a carbonex 21

[therealsolstice]

yes!!!

The hardest smash I have ever hit was with a yonex carbonex 8. Even with the technology today, there was something magical about the weight vs balance vs flex of the Cab 8.

I'd never use one in competition again, but I'll never forget that one rocket I hit in a "fun tourney" doubles final with a Cab 8 back in 1998.. musta been 150mph... hit the floor before anyone saw it. totally my most zen moment in my badminton history.. yay Cab 8!

[djobeat]

lets give this guy a thumbs up, i know i did. ruarrr biasaa!!!! lol

[lowdown3007]

AND NOTICE IT IS A cup of water!! 6:15

haha, awesome how time has changed

[lowdown3007]

I want to go watch a badminton tourney outside of the US. in person... some day.

especially if these guys are/were legend. awesome game