Memories Of Indonesia's Success In The 1975 Uber Cup

JAKARTA - Indonesian women's badminton players have been pessimistic about the Uber Cup tournament. They continue to be participants, but they never become champions. Hope arose in the implementation of the 1975 Uber Cup. The Indonesian Uber team began to build strength.

The Indonesian squad is filled with the names of women's badminton players. They are Minarni, Taty Sumirah, Utami Dewi, Theresia Widiastuty, Imelda Wigoena, and Regina Masli. The formula helps Indonesia break eggs. Indonesia finally won the Uber Cup for the first time.

Thomas and the Uber Cup are prestigious competitions in world badminton. Thomas Cup is intended for the team men category to defend the banner of the country. The Uber Cup itself is intended for the women's team category.

Indonesia also has a dream to win gold trophies in the symbol of the supremacy of the world of team men and women badminton, Thomas and Uber Cups. It could be that the Thomas Indonesia Team won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 1958.

Things are different from the Indonesian Uber Team. Their path to the title of champion is not easy. The Indonesian Uber team participated many times. However, the dream of winning the Uber Cup always ran aground. The best achievement of the Uber Indonesia Team was recorded as only a runner-up for the Uber Cup twice in a row, in 1969 and 1972.

Even then, they always lose to Japan. A country that first shines in the Uber Cup than China. This condition makes the Indonesian Uber Team always considered trivial in the country. The pessimistic tone is often heard everywhere.

Instead of being busy supporting the Indonesian Uber Team, fans' attention was actually sucked in to the Thomas Indonesia Team. Indonesian women's badminton players do not want to give up. Instead, they want to continue to prove that they can present the best for the nation and state.

Take for example what Minarni Soedaryanto and Regina Masli did. Both of them continue to prove themselves that they are the best. However, his career journey is not always smooth. Minarni, for example. he actually suffered a knee injury in 1970.

His name has been drowned in several years. His achievements are increasingly predicted to decline because he chooses to get married and have children. Mothers can't excel," said the voice donate.

In 1970 he suffered a knee injury at the Asian Games, against Hiroe Yuki. He should have won, only three points left, but he fell and was carried outside. For three years his name sank. It turned out that he was married to Sudaryanto, the younger brother of Retno Kustiyah.

After having a third child suddenly he appeared again in 1974. He specializes in double play and managed to appear in the 1974 National Championships, paired with his brother-in-law," wrote Tempo magazine report entitled After Jago Hanging Raket (1979).

The Indonesian Uber team no longer wants to be humiliated in the 1975 Uber Cup. Moreover, Indonesia is the host. The power of attorney then unites Srikandi in the Indonesian badminton world. Minarni, Taty Sumirah, Utami Dewi, Theresia Widiastuty, Imelda Wigoena, and Regina Masli.

Minarni's presence itself was doubtful that it would bring her glory to the Indonesian Uber Team. However, Minarni wants to prove that badminton players who are married and have children can excel.

The capital became an injection of enthusiasm for the whole Indonesian Uber Team. Ulam's beloved peak arrives. The Indonesian Uber team was reunited with its arch-enemy, the Japanese Uber Team in the Final. The women's doubles duet, Regina-Minarni, was also designed to be a pointscoring machine.

The move in fact brought optimism. The new concocted women's doubles were able to contribute points on the first day of the final at Istora Senayan on June 5, 1975. At that time the Regina-Minarni pair won the match against Machiko Aizawa-Etsuko Takenaka, three sets 15-6, 6-15, and 15-9.

Kemangan itu membuat pasangan Regina-Minarni semakin semangat memberikan poin pada hari kedua, 6 Juni 1975. Regina-Minarni depan dua set langsung dari Hiroe Yuki-Mika Ikeda, 15-4 dan 15-9. Dua poin kemenangan itu jadi suntikan semangat teman-teman lainnya.

Indonesia finally got a 5-2 final score. Indonesia also has the right to win the 1975 Uber Cup. The Indonesian Uber team also proved that Indonesian badminton players were able to get the gold trophy in the symbol of the highest supremacy for the team of women for the first time.

The victory made the Indonesian Uber Team take into account in the world badminton arena. Even Indonesian badminton fans do not want to take the Indonesian Uber Team's spirit to be trivial anymore. Because, they have proven that Srikandi Indonesia is capable of being a champion.

The next day, on the second day, June 6, 1975, Regina-Minarni contributed the Uber Cup victory over Japan after winning 4-2 by beating Hiroe Yuki-Mika Ikeda, 15-8, 15-11. Apart from Regina-Minarni, Indonesia's 5-2 victory over Japan was presented by Taty Sumirah who won 11-5, 11-2 over Atsuko Tokuda.

Then, two other points were obtained by Theresia Widiastuti-melda Wigoena who stepped aside, right? Hiroe Yuki-Mika Ikeda, 15-4, 15-9, and toppled Machiko Aizawa-Etsuko Takenaka, 17-14, 15-0. Meanwhile, Theresia Widiastuti suffered two defeats who surrendered to Hiroe Yuki, 7-11, 1-11, and Utami Dewi lost 5-11, 3-11 toatur Nakayama, "explained Justian Suhandinata and Broto Happy Wondomisnowo in the book Tangkas: 67 Years of Commitment to Printing Badminton Champions (2018).