(Zhuhai) Karen Khachanov won her first title in nearly five years after defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6 (2), 6-1 in the final of the Zhuhai Tennis Championship in China on Tuesday.

The victory caps a spectacular return to the game for the 27-year-old Russian, who was taking part in only his second tournament since reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open last May – after suffering a broken bone. stress on the back.

Khachanov only lost one set, en route to the final. It was his fifth career title on the ATP circuit, and his first since that acquired in Paris almost five years ago.

At the Chengdu Open, top seed Alexander Zverev won his 21st career singles title after defeating Roman Safiullin 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final.

The 26-year-old German bounced back from trailing by a set and a break to claim the second set tiebreaker against the Russian, the 55th player in the world. Safiullin was also playing in his first career final.

Zverev broke him early in the final set, before preserving his serve and getting his hands on his second title of the season – after that of Hamburg in July.

At the Ningbo Open, top seed Ons Jabeur defeated Diane Parry 7-6 (3), 7-5 to reach the round of 16.

The third seed ousted Claire Liu 7-5, 4-6 and 6-3, while Kamilla Rakhimova surprised sixth seed Arantxa Rus 3-6, 7-6 (5) and 6- 3.

For her part, Valeria Savinykh eliminated fifth seed Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 7-5.

Wang Xiyu, who won the Guangzhou Open last week, lost 7-6 (3), 6-4 to Nadia Podoroska.

At the Tokyo Open, Marta Kostyuk defeated sixth seed Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, while eighth seed Veronika Kudermetova defeated Harriet Dart 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Other first-round winners included Linda Noskova, Anastasia Pavlyuchecova, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Despina Papamichail.

Second seed Iga Swiatek will face Mai Hontama in the second round on Wednesday.