The ministry shot off a letter to the AITA on March 16, conveying that creation of such posts are in contravention of the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011.
The tournament, which was founded and is organised by Swiss great Roger Federer's management company, will now be held at TD Garden in Boston from September 24-26, 2021.
Roger's fourth-round match on Wimbledon's center-court in 2001 against Sampras is one of the most memorable. Federer was playing his idol Sampras for the first time.
Gauff said that her ability with the racquet brought the pressure of expectations.
The tournament in New York City would be the next major championship on the tennis calendar; the French Open’s start was postponed from May until September, and Wimbledon was canceled altogether.
The season is suspended until June at least with Wimbledon being cancelled for the first time since the Second World War.
Djokovic has been praised by the director-general of the local health authority in Bergamo for his donation to help control the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
Earlier, Sania had made her displeasure known as there has been a rise in the number of ‘cooking' posts that celebrities are putting out on social media as they stay indoors to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Sania feels posting such pictures in these times is unwanted.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Divij Sharan can't exactly tell how much they would lose but considering the fact that they are consistently in contention to be in Grand Slam main draws, the massive financial hit is not difficult to assess.
David Goffin, John Isner, Karen Khachanov, Eugenie Bouchard, Kristina Mladenovic and Kiki Bertens will also participate from their homes in the April 27-30 online competition that is expected to be broadcast live on TV and social media channels.
The video, which the legendary Paes shared on his Twitter handle, has him and Mahesh volleying a tennis ball on the wall with a frying pan with the iconic song 'Yeh Dosti Hum Na Chhodenge' from the movie 'Sholay' playing in the background.
Sania shared a couple of pictures with her husband Shoaib on social media and wished him a "Happy Anniversary".
Kyrgios had last week posted a heartfelt message on the social media platform asking those in need of food to message him.
The event was scheduled to be held in Montreal from August 7-16 but had been under jeopardy since Quebec Province requested all sporting and cultural events be until August 31 be cancelled.
Murray's elder brother, former doubles World No. 1 Jamie Murray, also couldn't pass up the opportunity and took the challenge.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi reminisced the old days as the duo took part in the Frying Pan challenge.
More than 900 tournaments across all ITF circuits, including the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals 2020, have been postponed till now in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and it remains uncertain when play can resume.
India's tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi took the 'Frying Pan' challenge after ATP posted a video of Leander Paes volleying with a frying pan.
Indian tennis star Leander Paes slammed no-look volleys as he took the 'Frying Pan' challenge.
The All England Club had inserted a virus-related clause to its insurance policy after the outbreak of COVID-19.
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