Former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova won her first title since returning from a 15-month doping ban, clinching the Tianjin Open on Sunday. Sharapova defeated Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 7-5, 7-6(8) to win her career's 36th title and her first since Italian Open in 2015. The 30-year-old had returned to the tour in April after serving the ban.