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Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have decided to part ways.?ESPN learns that Mirza will partner Barbora Strycová, while Hingis will partner Coco Vandeweghe at the upcoming Cincinati Masters.?Mirzas father Imran Mirza confirmed the split and said the reason was the pairs poor performance in the last few months.They were losing to lower ranked players. So the partnership wasnt working, Imran told ESPN.Mirza and Hingis had a formidable run as doubles partners, which saw them win a total of 14 titles, including a 41-match unbeaten streak in 2015-16. The unbeaten streak included three Grand Slam titles (Wimbledon 2015, US Open 2015, Australian Open 2015).The pair had a chance to complete a career slam ?-- or the SanTina slam, by winning the 2016 French Open, but they lost to?Barbora Krej?íková and?Kate?ina Siniaková in the third round. Mirza and Hingis last won a title together in Rome in May; in the four tournaments they played since then, the pair failed to progress beyond the quarterfinals.?Mirzas new partner Strycová, a 30-year-old from Czech Republic, is a right hander with a strong backhand court game and has won one singles and 18 doubles titles in 13 years on the WTA circuit.She is currently ranked No. 21 in the singles and No. 39 in doubles. She has also been a part of the Czech Fed Cup team.She has changed as many as ten doubles partners this year, winning only one title in 2016, at the $780,900 WTA event in Birmingham with compatriot Karolina Pliskova.Sania will partner with Strycová for the Cincinnati event, but she is set to play with American Bethanie-Mattek Sands at New Haven before reuniting with the Czech at the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the season.Sania became world number one in partnership with Martina when they won the Charleston event last year.?Last months Montreal event was their last tournament together, where they lost in the quarterfinals. Kyle Anderson Grizzlies Jersey . In Europe, top teams seem to be largely happy with their squads after spending nearly $1 billion in the off-season. And although English league clubs are unlikely to splash cash in January, Arsenal and Chelsea could be tempted to strengthen their squads with new strikers. Marc Gasol Jersey . 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"However it is crucial there is clarity of purpose and for that reason we will go to the Tour with one leader. "Taking that into consideration and given Chris step up in performances this year, our plan, as it has been since January, is to have him lead the Tour de France team." Wiggins, the Olympic time-trial champion, had left Team Sky in an awkward position last week when he said he was hoping to pull off a rare Giro dItalia-Tour dde France double this year, despite Froome having long been lined up to be the teams No.dddddddddddd 1 at the Tour after finishing runner-up in 2012. Froome reacted the same day by saying he had been "reassured by the management ... that I have their full backing" as Team Skys leader for the Tour. Froome is widely considered a better climber and has powered to overall victories at the Tour of Oman, Criterium International and Tour de Romandie this season. "Were in a fantastic position -- we have two of the best G (general classification) riders in the world and they are both great racers with a competitive will to win," Brailsford said. "Since the start of the season, Bradleys performance plan has focused around training specifically to try and win the Giro and then ride the Tour, whilst Chris has been focused on attempting to win the Tour." The Giro started on Saturday, with Wiggins helping Team Sky win the team time trial on Sunday. ' ' '