India’s Sania Mirza has decided to partner Martina Hingis of Switzerland in the doubles on the WTA Tour, splitting up her partnership with Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei after only four tournaments.
Hsieh and Mirza made two second-round exits in Dubai and at the Australian Open, reached the semi-finals in Brisbane, Australia, and finished runners-up at the Qatar Total Open in Doha on Saturday.
“My results with Hsieh have not been extraordinary in the four tournaments we played in since January,” world No. 5 Mirza said.
“Hsieh is not feeling comfortable while playing on the advantage court and feels she is struggling to make the adjustment. I tried playing on the backhand side in Doha and we did reach the final, but I feel I am unable to play my best tennis from the ad court when we are playing against the top teams of the world,” the Indian player said. “I will now be partnering Martina, who is one of the most experienced players on the circuit and is an ad court specialist as well.”
Hsieh is due to face third seed Casey Dellacqua of Australia today in the first round of the singles at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur after receiving a wild card.
In the first round of the doubles, Taiwan’s Chang Kai-chen and Zheng Saisai of China are due to take on Chinese duo Xu Yi-fan and Zhang Kai-lin.
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