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kubeadm: Use the v1.9 branch by default

**What this PR does / why we need it**:
As per https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/blob/master/docs/release-cycle.md, bump the default Kubernetes version to use in kubeadm right before v1.9.0-rc.1 (or maybe rc.0 ?) is cut.

**Which issue(s) this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged)*:
ref: #47440 #52085

**Special notes for your reviewer**:
/cc @luxas @kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle-pr-reviews @kubernetes/kubernetes-release-managers

**Release note**:

```release-note
NONE
```