DOUBLES FAULT: WOMEN'S EXHIBITION TENNIS MATCH CANCELED

          A $300,000 women's doubles exhibition match slated for
     November 27 at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise,
     FL, which was to feature Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf
     against Jana Novotna and Anna Kournikova, was canceled
     "because its sponsor withdrew support, blaming fluctuations
     in the stock market," according to Meri-Jo Borzilleri of the
     MIAMI HERALD.  The cancellation was "greeted with little
     surprise by industry insiders" because of the amount of the
     purse, which was "a record offered for a women's doubles
     exhibition," according to the event's promoter George Liddy.
     Liddy wouldn't name the sponsor.  Borzilleri: "What's
     puzzling is why the event was promoted in the first place if
     the deal with the sponsor wasn't signed and sealed."  Ticket
     sales, which "ran in the thousands," may also have been to
     blame since "in the 20,000-seat arena, any crowd less than
     10,000 would have looked paltry" (MIAMI HERALD, 10/29).