Mustafa Ghouse thread ...

[arjun2761]

No more academic speculation needed.  Nishikori lost to Greul in the second round of the 2008 French Open qualies...

[suresh]

Thanks Arjun for the clarification.

[sameerph]

I don't think the rules permit you to play a tournament after playing qualies of another during the weekend. He probably hates playing on clay.

I think for grand slam qualifying you are allowed to play next week's event if you lose in the qualifying as qualifying is considered a different event for previous week.

 

[arjun2761]

Precisely.  He is the top seed in the current Turkey challenger, presumably on his way to being upset in the QF by an inspired Prakash.

[PKBasu]

Unfortunately,

[R1] BASTL George (SUI)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) l. LEVINE Jesse (USA)/ NISHIKORI Kei (JPN) 6-7 (4), 1-6

And, both Nishikori and Prakash lost in R2 of singles...!

[jaydeep]

This week Mustafa is playing at Guzzini Challenger with another new partner, this time talented Nathan Thompson.

At € 30K+H Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[R1] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) vs GARD Catalin (ROU)/ SKUGOR Franko (CRO)

[PKBasu]

Sad to see Mustafa skip the grass season. He should have played Surbiton, Halle/Nottingham, Ordina...

[jaydeep]

Yes, surprising decision of skipping the grass season .. Mustafa and Nathan having winning start at Guzzini Challenger ... But match was very close with very few points difference.

At € 30K+H Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[R1] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) bt GARD Catalin (ROU)/ SKUGOR Franko (CRO) 67(2) 76(4) 10(8)

[QF] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) vs (WC) CORVATTA Federico (ITA)/ GEHRKE Geoff (USA)

[sameerph]

Sad to see Mustafa skip the grass season. He should have played Surbiton, Halle/Nottingham, Ordina...

I think his doubles ranking is not good enough to get an entry in the ATP main draws. So, he is prefering to play challengers. Good win in R1 there.

[jaydeep]

Another easy victory over wildcard pair ... Now they r in semis.

At € 30K+H Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[QF] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) bt (WC) CORVATTA Federico (ITA)/ GEHRKE Geoff (USA) 63 63

[PKBasu]

Good stuff from Mustafa and Nathan! Congratulations for a couple of fine wins.

[gautam]

B. DORSCH and B. PHAU [2] beat Ghouse and Thompson 6-3 7-6(4)

[jaydeep]

This week Mustafa is playing on Romanian clay with Nathan and they r having tough match against 3rd seed Spanish pair.

At €30K+H Mamaia Challenger, Constanta, Romania (clay)

[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,1362) l ALBOT Radu (MDA,UNR) 46 06

Doubles -
[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) vs (3) LOPEZ JAEN Miguel Angel (ESP)/ NAVARRO Ivan (ESP)

[PKBasu]

Good work to make the doubles SF in a clay Challenger last week. I wish Mustafa would try and turn up for the Dublin Challenger next week. Grass is clearly his best surface as well.

[jaydeep]

They couldn't produce much fight against 3rd seed Spanish pair.

At €30K+H Mamaia Challenger, Constanta, Romania (clay)

[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) l (3) LOPEZ JAEN Miguel Angel (ESP)/ NAVARRO Ivan (ESP) 36 46