{"id":614,"date":"2020-02-25T14:31:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/?p=614"},"modified":"2020-02-29T17:38:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T17:38:28","slug":"knockout-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/2020\/02\/knockout-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"Knockout Punch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-618\" src=\"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-01-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-01-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-01.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>By<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Tony Francis:\u00a0<\/strong>Amidst the fog in my memory bank, one experience with Punch Gunalan stands out like a beacon because as someone said, the advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.<br \/>\nIt was 1976. Gunalan had made a comeback but as a coach following the end of Malaysia\u2019s golden era in badminton with the retirement three years earlier of Tan Aik Huang, Gunalan himself, Ng Boon Bee and Tan Aik Mong after the Bangkok debacle where Malaysia were embarrassed by Thailand in the Asian zone final after leading 3-1 overnight.<br \/>\nNow, it was a new game with a new generation of players. And Gunalan was on a roll. Early in the year he had taken a team comprising players barely out of their school shorts to a stunning win over Prakash Padukone\u2019s India, coming from 4-1 down to triumph 5-4 in the Thomas Cup zone final in Lucknow.<br \/>\nAnd as many would recall, Gunalan was so ecstatic and choked with emotion during the post-match interview on radio that he kept saying \u201cFantabulous, fantabulous\u201d so many times that sportswriters were left scrambling to see if there was such a word in the dictionary.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-616 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-565x420.jpg 565w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-238x178.jpg 238w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-640x476.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03-681x506.jpg 681w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-03.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nIt was Gunalan\u2019s way of describing a FANTAstic and faBULOUS comeback win. It was sheer grit and determination that won Saw Swee Leong, Phua Ah Hua, James Selvaraj, Moo Foot Lian, Dominic Soong and Cheah Hong Chong the tie. But would that be enough for the May-June Finals in Bangkok where the mighty Danes lie in wait in the semifinals? Even the most optimistic of pundits gave the \u2018Punch Babes\u2019 no chance against the likes of Sven Pri, an All-England champion, Fleming Delfs, Elo Hansen and Steen Skovgaard.<br \/>\nLike my editor-in-chief, the late Tan Sri Lee Siew Yee. He sent word that I was to take the first flight home after the match against the Danes. \u201cCut expenses. Save money. No way Malaysia are going to make it. We\u2019ll get the wires (news agencies) to cover the final,\u201d he said. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-617\" src=\"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-02-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-02-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-02-582x420.jpg 582w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-02-640x462.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-02.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThat had put me in a bind. I was scheduled to fly to Tehran from Bangkok the day after the final as a guest of the Iran FA for the Asian Cup soccer finals where coach M. Kuppan and Mokhtar Dahari and company were up against the best in the continent.<br \/>\nHow do I explain to the good Tan Sri about the complications of cancellation and rebooking of flights? It was too late in the day. While Siew Yee was a scrooge when it came to company expenses, he was also passionate about badminton. We respected him for that. After all, he had sailed with Wong Peng Soon and the rest of the Malayan team to cover the first Thomas Cup finals in Preston, England, in 1949. So he knew what was in store for the \u2018Punch Babes\u2019. No chance. Or so he thought.<br \/>\nBut like the rest, he didn\u2019t reckon on a shrewd Gunalan exploiting the underdogs\u2019 tag to the hilt. \u201cI keep telling the players to believe and achieve,\u201d Gunalan said during one breakfast session with the only two print Malaysian journalists who had made the trip &#8211; George Das of The Star and me representing the NST &#8212; in the hotel coffeehouse on the day of the match.<br \/>\nHe was crafty too. He said he had taught them some tricks of the trade like squeezing the shuttle at crucial moments during service to catch the opponent offguard with the faster shuttle speed.<br \/>\nWhen I told Gunalan about my predicament if they lose, he laughed. \u201cYou must pray harder. Have faith. For us, winning is not impossible,\u201d he said, pointing out that the Danes\u2019 overconfidence and the enervating humidity in Bangkok could work in Malaysia\u2019s favour and cause a Danish meltdown. \u201cWe just have to wear them out. We can do it,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nAnd they did, winning 5-4 over the two nights, with Swee Leong scoring an unexpected point against Delfs and Dominic Soong and Cheah Hong Chong toppling the mighty Pri and Skovgaard for the winning point on the second night. And how Malaysia celebrated.<br \/>\nThe win gave me a reprieve. I stayed on for the Final and knew I would be on the plane to Tehran from Bangkok. But I could imagine the look of disbelief on Siew Yee\u2019s face back in Kuala Lumpur though I was sure he was among those who celebrated when Malaysia scored the winning point. It didn\u2019t matter that we lost to the\u00a0udy Hartono-powered Indonesians in the Final. \u2018Punch Babes\u2019 had achieved the impossible.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-615\" src=\"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-565x420.jpg 565w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-238x178.jpg 238w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-640x476.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04-681x507.jpg 681w, https:\/\/mysportsflame.com\/sportsflame\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tony-Francis-04.jpg 886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nGunalan became a celebrity that night and in the days that followed, soaking up the adulation and attention from the foreign media, particularly the Danish journalists. He was inundated with requests for interviews. And the questions were always the same: \u201cHow did you manage it? What was the secret? What did you do? \u201cOn all occasions, they got the same answer: \u201cI have a bunch of fighters who had nothing to lose and everything to gain.\u201d<br \/>\nIn Denmark, they dubbed him the \u2018Miracle Man\u2019. In Bangkok, we called him the \u2018Joker\u2019 not only because he could make you laugh until your face hurts but because he could also be as mischievous as the next guy.<br \/>\nWhen George and I caught up with him in his hotel room, we talked and laughed about how people who had nothing to do with the team had hitched onto the bandwagon. Insignificant and unqualified officials were giving interviews on Malaysia\u2019s resounding win as if they had made it happen.<br \/>\nSo we decided to get a firsthand experience. It was decided that I should call a senior BAM administrative official and see his response. On the pretext of being a journalist from India who was calling from New Delhi, I managed only two questions but the \u2018interview\u2019 lasted a good hour as the official boasted about how he<\/p>\n<p>was instrumental in selecting this young breed of fighters and motivated them and he was sure they would win the Thomas Cup and would be world beaters for years to come. When it was done, Gunalan, in his sarong, was rolling on the bed with tears from the uncontrollable laughter.<br \/>\nThanks for the memories, Punch. As you would have said, \u201cThey were fantabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.\u201d &#8211; Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (1777-1844)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tony Francis:\u00a0Amidst the fog in my memory bank, one experience with Punch Gunalan stands out like a beacon because as someone said, the advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. It was 1976. 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