On Jan 28th Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has called off her engagement with childhood friend Mohammed Sohrab Mirza, citing "incompatibility".

In July last year, the 23-year-old Hyderabadi girl had got engaged to 24-year-old Sohrab, who is from a high-ranking business family unit.

Sania said in a brief statement without elaborating the exact reasons for the break up. "We were friends for years but found ourselves incompatible as fiances. I wish Sohrab the very best in life," Sohrab is currently studying business in the United Kingdom.

Sania's father Imran Mirza said that the two families, who know each other from ages are still continuing to be on good terms despite the couple's split.

The engagement marks yet another low in Sania's year so far as she has been battling poor form on the tennis court too.

The Indian crashed out of the season's first Grand Slam the Australian Open just a few days ago and didn't have any good results to talk of in the run-up to the big event.

Her engagement to Sohrab had triggered assumption about her injury-ravaged career and she also later stated that she would quit tennis after marriage.

The most successful woman player(Sania mirza) to take to tennis court, has had mixed fortunes after a breakthrough year in 2005.

Sania Mirza ranked inside top-30 on the WTA charts, a first for Indian woman and went on win the Australian Open mixed doubles title last year with Mahesh Bhupathi.

Her engagement was held in a five-star hotel in Hyderabad on July 10 at a glittering function was attended by about 300 guests, including 200 from Sania's side.