The two players are playing with different partners at theUS Open as Sania has teamed up with British doubles specialist Colin Flemingwhile Bhupathi is playing with Czech Andrea Hlavackova at the last Grand Slamof the season
"Our commitment was only upto the Olympics and we boththought we needed a break after all that has happened in the recent past,"Sania told PTI from New York.
The selection row had resulted in straining the friendshipof Sania and Bhupathi as an angry Sania had alleged that she was used as a"bait" by AITA to pacify a disgruntled Leander Paes with whom bothBhupathi and Rohan Bopanna had refused to play at the Games.
Paes was forced to play with lower-ranked Vishnu Vardhan andin compensation he was assured pairing with Sania in the mixed doubles event.
Sania's preferred partner was Bhupathi, with whom she wontwo Grand Slams, but she was not consulted by AITA who her preferred partnerwas.
Bhupathi had stuck with Bopanna as partner and sacrificedhis partnership with Sania.
Sania had won Australian Open (2009) and French Open (2012)with Bhuapthi.
