Marty Riessen thought about breaking up his doubles combination, but he didn't.
His decision proved to be the right one as Gigi Fernandez and Zina Garrison dispatched the world's No. 2 doubles team in straight sets as the United States retained the Federation Cup with a 2-1 victory Sunday over the Soviet Union.Garrison, ranked No. 5 in the world, lost a singles match against Czechoslovakia in the quarterfinals and fell to Soviet star Natalia Zvereva on Sunday, forcing the U.S. team to win doubles to retain the cup it has claimed in 14 of the 28 international tournaments.
Fernandez and Garrison had no trouble in downing Zvereva and Larisa Savchenko 6-4, 6-3.
Teenage sensation Jennifer Capriati, rebounding from an 0-2 start, won the first match of the day, downing Leila Meskhi 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.