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Half Schuurs will not continue with his double Belgian partner Elise Mertens next season. The Dutch doubles specialist will play with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, the former doubles number one, starting in January.
"Elise wanted to focus on the single and I would like to be a regular double partner, so here are our ways," said Schuurs, 25, against L1 .
Mertens, 22, is the world number 13 singles and has already registered four tournaments.
Schuurs and Mertens do not separate with a quarrel. "We are even very good friends, she now chooses a different goal in her game, which I understand perfectly, but my future is in the double," said Schuurs.
Last season, Limburg went from 44th to 8th place in the world ranking in doubles.
"It's me who is now getting requests"
Because of his good season, Schuurs has had no trouble finding a new partner. A few years ago, she had to look for someone to find a good one. "It is now the reverse: I am the one who receives the requests."
Ultimately, Limburg opted for the American Mattek-Sands, 33 years old. "She has been number one in the world and has won five Grand Slam tournaments, she brings a lot of experience and I want to learn a lot."
Schuurs and Mattek-Sands begin their cooperation at the Sydney WTA tournament, which starts on January 6th.
Schuurs won most doubles titles in 2018
With Mertens, Schuurs won the titles in Wuhan, Hobart and Rosmalen last year and qualified for the WTA Final, the end-of-season tournament. year of the eight best season. In Singapore, the duo stayed in the first round.
On the side of Australian Ashleigh Barty, Schuurs won the tournaments of Rome and Montreal. With Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik, she won the final victory in Nuremberg. She also won the Brisbane tournament with Kiki Bertens. With that, she won seven doubles titles in 2018, more than anyone else in the circuit.
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