Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi’s father Krishna Bhupathi felicitated

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Krishna Bhupathi, former tennis player and father of Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi, who was felicitated by the Mysore Tennis Council at a function held at Windflower-Spa and Resorts here yesterday, is seen with (from left) K. Raghav Prasad (Treasurer, Mysore Tennis Council), Dr. N.M. Srinivas (Hon. Chairman, Mysore Tennis Council), M. J. Charan (Tournament Director), M. V. Pramod (Secretary), P.S.Vastrad, Commissioner, Dept. of Archaeology, Museums & Heritage, K. B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore and R. Nagaraj, President, Mysore Tennis Council.
Krishna Bhupathi, former tennis player and father of Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi, who was felicitated by the Mysore Tennis Council at a function held at Windflower-Spa and Resorts here yesterday, is seen with (from left) K. Raghav Prasad (Treasurer, Mysore Tennis Council), Dr. N.M. Srinivas (Hon. Chairman, Mysore Tennis Council), M. J. Charan (Tournament Director), M. V. Pramod (Secretary), P.S.Vastrad, Commissioner, Dept. of Archaeology, Museums & Heritage, K. B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore and R. Nagaraj, President, Mysore Tennis Council.

Mysore :

C.G. Krishna Bhupathi, a former tennis player and father of Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi, was felicitated by the Mysore Tennis Council, which organised “Vidhyaashram Mysore T3-2013 South India Inter-Club Tennis championship” for Tennis Academies/Club, at a function held at Windflower-Spa and Resorts in Nazarbad here last evening.

Krishna Bhupathi was felicitated by P.S.Vastrad, Commissioner, Dept. of Archaeology, Museums & Heritage, with a shawl, Mysore Peta and a memento.

K. B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore, was the chief guest. Dr. N.M. Srinivas, Hon. Chairman, Mysore Tennis Council, R. Nagaraj, President, Mysore Tennis Council, M. J. Charan, Tournament Director, M. V. Pramod, Secretary, K. Raghav Prasad, Treasurer and other office-bearers were present.

Speaking on the ocassion, Krishna Bhupathi became nostalgic and remembered his olden days. He expressed his gratitude to the organisers for having invited him and honoured.

He said the concept of T3- tennis was excellent as it would improve and popularise the game to a greater level.

He said that in November his son Mahesh Bhupathi would be launching an International T3- tennis tournament in the Asian- level with greats like Pete Sampras and Agassi taking part.

K. B. Ganapathy, who also spoke, lauded the efforts of Dr. N. M. Srinivas, who is striving for the upliftment of the game in Karnataka, especially Mysore.

He also praised Krishna Bhupathi’s contribution to the society in giving to the world of tennis a champion tennis player like Mahesh Bhupathi, who has won the hearts of many a tennis fans.

P.S. Vastrad, in his address, said the contribution of Krishna Bhupathi as a tennis player and then as father of the Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi, was immense and wished him well in his future exploits. Eleven teams participating in the tournament were given mementoes on the occasion.

The valedictory of the championship, which began yesterday at Cosmopolitan Club, will be held at the Club today at 4.30 pm with Krishna Bhupathi as chief guest.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / May 12th, 2013

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