Mempgis, Feb 22: Top seed Vera Zvonareva battled back from the brink on Saturday to win the women's title at the 880,000-dollar hardcourt tennis tournament, denying Lisa Raymond a third straight Memphis crown. Russia's Zvonareva saved three championship points, coming back from 5-2 down in the third set to beat the American second seed 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in two hours 22 minutes. On the men's side, Joachim Johansson cruised into his first career ATP final, but Nicolas Kiefer made sure the championship match wouldn't be an all-Swedish affair. Johansson, playing in his first ATP semi-final, blew past second-seeded American Mardy Fish 6-2, 6-4. Eighth-seeded German Kiefer then downed Swedish veteran Thomas Enqvist 6-3, 6-3. Kiefer, 26, is trying to jump-start a so-far sluggish season. His first-round win here snapped a six-match losing streak that he admitted sapped his confidence. In Johansson he'll face a player clearly on the rise. Johansson had fallen in three previous ATP quarter-finals but needed just 52 minutes - and 15 aces - to finish off Fish. Johansson admitted he felt a few nerves as the prospect of his first final approached. "I'm not used to being this far in an ATP tournament, so of course I got a little bit tight towards the end of the match," Johansson said. "But a match is a match still, so even if I have a chance to win the tournament tomorrow, I have to take it just as another match and see how it goes." Certainly he has plenty of reason to be confident, having held serve 43 consecutive games in the tournament. He hasn't faced a break point since the eighth game of his first-round match against South Korean Hyung-Taik Lee. "I've been serving very well this week and playing well from the baseline so I'm happy with my game so far," said Johansson. "I think I raised my game today from yesterday. It feels great to be in my first final, especially with the way I've been playing this week and to be in my first final in the States feels nice for me." The 21-year-old dropped just one point on his serve in the opening set - that coming as he had three set points at 5-2, 40-0 - as Fish struggled to come to terms with the Swede's power. Johansson kept up the pressure in the second set, breaking Fish to lead 2-1 with some breathtaking forehands from the baseline. At 5-4, Johansson served for a place in his first final with two aces, finishing with his 15th of the match at 105mph out wide. Kiefer is looking for his seventh ATP title and first since Hong Kong in 2000. He got the break he needed when Enqvist double-fauld on break point to give the German a 5-3 lead in the first. Kiefer raced to a 4-0 lead in the second set before Enqvist narrowd the gap to 4-3. Kiefer clinched the match, however with a fourth break of serve. "I just played very solid," said Kiefer. "I was very focused on my game. I don't want to say I was surprised, but 6-3, 4-0, it was going pretty good and he came back very strong and I had to pay attention a little bit. Then I served out very well and I just tried to play my game and I'm very happy with how I did so far." Bureau Report