Is tennis star Demi Schuurs related to footballer Perr Schuurs?
Dutch tennis star Demi Schuurs and professional football player Perr Schuurs are siblings. Demi has been a fearless tennis player on and off the court and has a never give up attitude.
The 28-year-old tennis sensation started her professional career in 2009 and is mostly famous on court as a doubles tennis star. Demi and her partner Nicole Melichar have reached the quarters of the Australian Open. She has not won a major event in her single but won 12 WTA and 20 ITF Doubles Titles.
However, the duo have recently slit from the partnership. After splitting from Melichar – the Dutch tennis star said:
“Our personalities are too far apart. As we got to know each other a little better, things started to get more and more difficult and we couldn’t really be ourselves.”
“We got into a vicious circle and started losing to couples we weren’t supposed to lose. That is why the second half of the season went a little less.”
Born on August 1, 1993, in Nieuwstadt, Netherlands Demi is among the three children born to Lambert Schuurs and his wife, Monique. Her father is a retired handball player and ultra-long distance runner. She has a younger brother Perr Schuurs, a professional football player, and has a sister named Fleau Schuurs.
Demi is an active social media user. She keeps updating her friends about her personal life to her fans regularly. Following her posts and sources, Demi is an LGBTQ member and is lesbian. She is currently dating Carmen Kuijer. The love birds have been dating each other for more than two years.
Demi comes from a family of sports lovers. With her father being a former handball player, while her brother plies his trade as a footballer. With 312 appearances for the Netherlands, he holds the international record.
The 28-year-old Dutch started tennis at a very early age and took the sport as a profession.
She came into the limelight after winning the 2011 Australian Open and the 2011 US Open in Doubles. In February 2014, Shuurs won the ITF Circuits. In 2015; Demi ranked at 512 in singles, which remains as her highest career ranking. However, She ranked at number 7. in the doubles ranking in 2018.
In 2020, the tennis player partnered with Kveta Peschke and won the Cincinnati Open. She also reached the quarter-final in Doubles of the US Open.
Perr is one of the highly-rated defenders in the Netherlands. He has been on radar for a number of clubs including English Premier League giants Liverpool, and even had a trial at the club in 2017. However, he decided to stay in the Netherlands for his development. Dutch club Ajax soon swooped in for him.
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He is a commanding defender and Virgil van Dijk comparisons have been thrust on Schuurs since his emergence. Schuurs is viewed as one of the best ball-playing defenders in the Netherlands. His distribution and composure in possession are mightily impressive.
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