The KSLTA stadium at Cubbon Park in Bengaluru was renamed after former Union Minister S.M. Krishna.
| Photograph Credit score: Okay. BHAGYA PRAKASH
The Karnataka State Garden Tennis Affiliation (KSLTA) Stadium contained in the leafy and pristine Cubbon Park was on Friday named after former Exterior Affairs Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka S.M. Krishna, who handed away in December.
Krishna, a tennis fanatic in addition to the KSLTA president from 1999 to 2020, was instrumental in sprucing up the venue on the flip of the millennium and is credited to have widened the footprint of the sport to completely different districts of Karnataka.
Former doubles World No.1 Rohan Bopanna recollected his pleasure as a teenager when he watched the world’s finest gamers compete within the 2001 World Doubles Problem Cup, among the many first occasions below Krishna’s stewardship.
“To look at worldclass tennis dwell was an inspiration,” Bopanna stated. “Having this stadium in his title is a becoming tribute. He took the sport to all districts, and I as a participant went to all these districts. I hope we now have that sooner or later too.”
On the event, scholarships value ₹12 lakh have been awarded to younger upcoming gamers, and Krishna’s spouse Prema, whereas thanking the KSLTA for honouring her late husband, known as on tennis lovers and industrialists to assist additional enhance infrastructure and help for gamers.
Minister for Info Expertise and Biotechnology Priyank Kharge, additionally the KSLTA senior vice-president, Chief of the Opposition R. Ashoka, additionally the KSLTA president, C.S. Sunder Raju, former KSLTA secretary and Okay. Govindaraj, MLC and president, Karnataka Olympic Affiliation have been current.
Printed – March 28, 2025 09:33 pm IST
