WHAT IF THE SHOE DOESN'T FIT? SWISS MISS' FEET HURT

          Martina Hingis has "complained bitterly" to Sergio
     Tacchini, which pays her $3M a year in an apparel and shoe
     contract, that her sneakers don't fit properly, according to
     Mitchell Fink of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS.  Hingis, who claims
     she gets blisters and cramps from her shoes, has three years
     remaining on her Tacchini contract, which she signed when
     she was nine.  N.Y.-based podiatrist Dr. Thomas Novella
     examined Hingis at last month's U.S. Open and said her
     sneakers "fit so poorly" that she "may as well have been
     playing in sandals."  Hingis also claims that Tacchini's
     clothes "sometimes ride up on her body during a match, often
     exposing a part of her buttocks."  Sources say that Hingis'
     complaints to Tacchini "have fallen on deaf ears ... and the
     company has done little or nothing to help her."  Fink was
     unable to reach Tacchini (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 10/12).