MOSCOW: World''s number one and top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia battled back from a set down to reach the final of the Kremlin Cup, a joint ATP and WTA 2.4-million-dollar event, beating third seed Elena Dementieva of Russia on Saturday.

Jankovic, who is seeking her season''s fourth title and third in a row here, won 0-6, 6-1, 6-0 in one hour 44 minutes to record her sixth win over Dementieva in their ninth head-to-head meeting and set up a meeting with home hope Vera Zvonareva.

In Sunday''s final Jankovic will face the seventh-seeded Zvonareva of Russia, who beat her compatriot Dinara Safina, the second seed, 6-2, 7-6(7/5) in one hour 31 minutes.