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MARTINA COOL ON HOT JAMIE

Canadian side win League One and target top flight

- FROM MATTHEW SHAW in Toronto

TORONTO WOLFPACK coach Paul Rowley has set his sights on Super League after the transatlan­tic club secured the League One title.

MARTINA HINGIS has cast doubt on her partnershi­p with Jamie Murray despite their second Grand Slam trophy in two months.

Hingis (right) and Murray followed up their Wimbledon triumph with the mixed doubles crown in New York on Saturday.

The pair’s hot streak has seen them win 10 out of their 10 matches together. But the Swiss, who also won the THE Wolfpack have split their time between Toronto and a training base in Brighouse, West Yorkshire. Paul Rowley’s side play games in home and away blocks of three or four at a time, with visiting teams departing on a Thursday to play Saturday evening and returning on Sunday. It should follow that formula in the Championsh­ip, where a top-four place could see them face Super League opposition in the Qualifiers this time next year. women’s doubles yesterday, was non-committal when quizzed about the future. Asked after their 6-1 4-6 10-8 victory over Michael Venus and Hao-Ching Chan whether they planned to continue as a duo, Hingis replied: “I’m just glad to have survived today. “We waited a little bit after Wimbledon before we had a talk. We are just going to do the same thing.”

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