JIMMY CONNORS, who was scheduled to meet top-ranked John McEnroe yesterday in the final of a $325,000 tennis tournament in Chicago, was forced to default because of a torn muscle in his lower back, umpire Frank Hammond said. Connors’ trainer, Bill Norris, called the injury a torn muscle and said the problem began in Connors’ tough quarterfinal victory over Brad Gilbert http://www.carpaltunnel-cure.com/. KATHY JORDAN of the United States and Australian ELIZABETH SAYERS SMYLIE beat Americans Betsy Nagelsen and Anne White, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, yesterday and won a $175,000 women’s doubles tennis tournament. http://www.carpaltunnel-cure.com/ Jordan’s volley was a major weapon as she and Smylie fought back after their first set loss. The winning pair collected $60,000 and the runnersup $30,000. Australian Wendy Turnbull and American Sharon Walsh downed the American duo of Ann Kiyomura Hayashi and Candy Reynolds, 6-2, 7-5, and finished third. Fifth were the American duo of Alycia Moulton and Paula Smith, who beat American Andrea Jaeger and Bettina Bunge of West Germany, 6-2, 6-3.