(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.

This victory crowns a spectacular return to the game for the 27-year-old Russian, who was taking part in only his second tournament since his run which took him to the quarter-finals of the French Open last May – he then suffered 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 the one acquired in Paris almost five years ago.

At the Ningbo Open, the third seed ousted Claire Liu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, while Kamilla Rakhimova upset 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.

For her part, the favorite Ons Jabeur has a meeting a little later today with Diane Parry.

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.