Mustafa Ghouse thread ...

[jaydeep]

Doubles cut at San Marino was high and Mustafa/ Stephen didn't have chance of making that cut ... But Mustafa opted for wildcard with Dutch Jesse Huta Galung and they r facing tough match against top-seed.

At €85K San Marino Cepu Open, San Marino, RSM (Red Clay)

[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,1373) l SIMONI Marco (ITA,969) 36 75 67(4)

[R1] (WC) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ HUTA GALUNG Jesse (NED) vs (1) ALLEGRO Yves (SUI)/ TECAU Horia (ROU)

[jaydeep]

Somewhat expected loss against top-seed.

At €85K San Marino Cepu Open, San Marino, RSM (Red Clay)

[R1] (WC) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ HUTA GALUNG Jesse (NED) l (1) ALLEGRO Yves (SUI)/ TECAU Horia (ROU) 46 46

[jaydeep]

Mustafa having chance of taking revenge of singles qualifying in doubles first round against Nikola Ciric ... Here he is back with Stephen in doubles.

At €30K Graz Challenger, Austria (Red Clay)

[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,1382) l CIRIC Nikola (SRB,906) 16 26

Doubles -
[R1] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) vs CIRIC Nikola (SRB)/ TOPIC Josko (CRO)

[jaydeep]

Disappointing loss for our 4th seed pair ...

At €30K Graz Challenger, Austria (Red Clay)

[R1] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) l CIRIC Nikola (SRB)/ TOPIC Josko (CRO) 46 46

[sameerph]

At $100K Istanbul challenger

[Q1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND) d. (WC)Kiril Dimitrov (BUL) 6-3 6-3
[Q2] Mustafa Ghouse (IND) d. (7)Simeon Ivanov (BUL) 6-1 6-4
[Q3] (2)Michel Koning (NED) d. Mustafa Ghouse (IND) 6-1 7-6(7)

In doubles -

[R1] (WC)Stephen Amritraj/Mustafa Ghouse (IND) d. (WC)Jonathan Eysseric/Adem Ozmeral (FRA/TUR) 64 64

I wonder how they got wild card for this challnnger in Europe but good win in R1 over another wild card pair.

[jaydeep]

Good start in this high profile $100K challenger ... Go Stephen and Moose.

[PKBasu]

At $100K Istanbul challenger

[Q1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND) d. (WC)Kiril Dimitrov (BUL) 6-3 6-3
[Q2] Mustafa Ghouse (IND) d. (7)Simeon Ivanov (BUL) 6-1 6-4
[Q3] (2)Michel Koning (NED) d. Mustafa Ghouse (IND) 6-1 7-6(7)

In doubles -

[R1] (WC)Stephen Amritraj/Mustafa Ghouse (IND) d. (WC)Jonathan Eysseric/Adem Ozmeral (FRA/TUR) 64 64

I wonder how they got wild card for this challnnger in Europe but good win in R1 over another wild card pair.

Well, a name like Mustafa goes a long way in Turkey: the founder of modern Turkey was Mustapha Kemal (Ataturk) of course...

Very creditable work in singles, too. One wishes Mustafa would play a bit more singles, but his doubles commitments don't give him a full opportunity to do so.

[PKBasu]

Mustafa and Stephen play their R2 match in Istanbul on Thursday against the second seeds, David Skoch and Igor Zelenay at around 2pm.

[sameerph]

At $100K Istanbul challenger

[QF] (WC)Stephen Amritraj/Mustafa Ghouse (IND) l. (2)David Skoch/Igor Zelenay (CZE/SVK) 26 36

[jayakris]

At the € 42.5K challenger in Como, Italy, today -

[Q1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND) l.  Laurent Bondaz (ITA) 67(2) 36

Jay

[jayakris]

At the € 42.5K challenger in Como, Italy

[R1] M.Ghouse/ Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) vs (2) Mariana Hood (ARG)/ Alberto Martin (ESP)

Jay

[jaydeep]

At €42.5K Como Challenger, Italy

[R1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) l (2) Mariana Hood (ARG)/ Alberto Martin (ESP) 67(4) 26

So no upset.

[Insider]

Has Mustafa retired?

[prasen9]

Yes. Sorry, it took me a while to get the answer because I am not an Insider. He is now the CEO of JSW Sports which runs an Olympic training center and 3 professional teams in leagues for sports such as kabaddi and soccer.