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Adil Shamasdin

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#2 ·
Re: Who is Adil Shamasdin???

I don't really know where he came from, but I would expect him to play Davis Cup only when Daniel has retired. I don't think there is place for two doubles players on the team. Plus Milos and Vasek are very capable doubles partners as Milos is showing this week
 
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Re: Who is Adil Shamasdin???

In the 1980s when Idi Amin banished all Ismailis Shamasdin came here to Canada on humanitarian basis. But lets go Adil!!! He is pretty good!!! (Plz don't quote me cause I just found it on Wiki and other websites which may not be reliable)
 
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Re: Who is Adil Shamasdin???

Adil getting some pub from Damien Cox, probably the most I've ever seen written about him.

Story

Shamasdin grew up playing on the courts at the Pickering Recreation Centre and scratched together student loans to attend Brown University, where he played tennis and was an All-American. Never on Tennis Canada’s radar, he scuffled around trying to play singles on the lower circuits, then blew out a shoulder in 2006 and was out for almost two years.

You know, it’s Canada. An MRI is free but I had to wait, like, three months,” he said.

He got healthy and was teaching a little tennis here, working on a few music videos there, and one day he glanced at the draws in some pro tournaments and saw a lot of the players he had grown up with.

So he started on the road back, first in singles, and then by the end of ’08 he began to focus on doubles, eventually getting in touch with his former Brown partner, Jamie Cerretani.

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“I’m not a big guy, but I’m fit and I have good hands. I look at a guy like (Leander) Paes and all the success he’s had in doubles. He has no real weapons but great hands,” said the charismatic Shamasdin, who has no sponsors and uses his brother, Jamil, as his agent and very vocal advocate.

“I’m not sure a lot of the people at Tennis Canada even know I’m playing professionally. But I think I can do pretty well. Maybe top 50, top 30, who knows?”

He’s sleeping on an air mattress at a college buddy’s London apartment while he’s here, not quite the sumptuous digs the best in the sport get. Shamasdin has already scooped up four Wimbledon towels as souvenirs, and after years as the consummate outsider, suddenly feels like he’s gained a tiny foothold on the inside.
 
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yeah will probably be Adil/Vasek for doubles, that is unless they want to go Milos/Vasek for doubles and bring 2 insurance singles players which wouldn't be a wise choice I don't think
 
#13 ·
For me, ideally, you have your 2 established singles players (Raonic, Vasek), 1 doubles specialist (Adil) and then back-up/on call player (Polansky, whoever else). We are fortunate that Raonic and Vasek can play some doubles as well. I wouldnt want to have both of them play doubles for I would want one of them to rest for the next day and so on.
 
#15 ·
I think by the time Nester retires, and really it could be four years away (who knows!), we will have to see how Adil is doing. I mean really he has had a good year but we don't know if he can keep it up for the next couple years. It will be interesting. I mean look at Marie-Eve Pelletier, she had an Excellent year and made top 50 in doubles and then couldn't defend her points and is now ranked at 123 in doubles a year later.
 
#16 ·
It seems Adil has trouble getting a regular partner on the main tour, with James Cerretani being his longest partner and with that said, him and James are playing in the Eckental challenger, they are through to the semis already. It be nice if him and his long time partner could have more success or maybe its the reason why him and Adil have experimented with various players over the past couple of months with not much substantial success I might add. Go Adil!
 
#22 ·
Well Marx did ok with Adil's old partner Cerratani, but it seems like mens doubles (outside the top 10) is scared of commitment. But if they are willing to hold out through the highs and lows (seems like most doubles teams at Adil's midcard level call it quits after a few losses in a row) then I think they could do well.
 
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