GENEVA (AP) -- The world's top woman tennis player, Martina Hingis, whose first attempt to cut loose from her mother's coaching ended in failure two years ago, is trying again to make it on her own, Swiss media are reporting.

Hingis' mother, Melanie Molitor, confirmed to the Zurich daily Tages-Anzeiger from the family home in eastern Switzerland that she no longer regards herself as her daughter's coach.

Molitor said her personal relationship with her daughter remains ``intact. And there hasn't been a fight. Martina phones often. She's coming next week from Florida to Switzerland and will train here for several days.''

Mario Widmer, Molitor's companion, told Tages-Anzeiger he no longer is Hingis' manager, but ``I am still her adviser.''

Molitor said the separation came after Hingis lost to Venus Williams in the semifinals of the Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., last month.

``There was tension between the professional and the personal relationships,'' Tages-Anzeiger quoted her as saying. ``The separation was at that time the only possibility to avoid damaging the personal relationship. Whenever three people as different as Martina, Mario and I live together, everyone always has to be ready to make compromises.

``However, all the compromises got too big for everybody and the personal relationships suffered. We didn't want that.''

On her own, Hingis lost to Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in the quarterfinals at Amelia Island, Fla., two weeks ago and to Jennifer Capriati in the final at Charleston, S.C., last Sunday.

Even if she resumes coaching Hingis, it won't be the same, Molitor told Tages-Anzeiger.

``It will never again be like it was before. But perhaps we will work together in another way. Martina is no longer 18, but nearly 21. You must not tell her everything. She's an adult.''

Two years ago, Hingis took a brief break from her mother after she left the court in tears after losing to Steffi Graf in the French Open final.

Two weeks later -- with her mother staying away -- the top-seeded Hingis lost a humiliating first-round match to Jelena Dokic, then a 16-year-old qualifier, at Wimbledon.