A year after winning the Ningbo Open transformed Elena Rybakina's season, the world number one returned to the Chinese city and retained her title on Sunday, as her game clicked into gear before another tilt at the WTA Finals.

World number one Elena Rybakina won her fourth title of an outstanding season with a ruthless straight-sets victory over Leylah Fernandez in the

Elena Rybakina blazed past unseeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-2 6-2 in the Ningbo Open final on Sunday to retain her title and lift her first trophy as the world number one ahead of the WTA Finals next month.

Elena Rybakina retains Ningbo WTA crown with straight-set win over Leylah Fernandez ahead of the WTA Finals. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Luka Doncic scored a monster 52 points as the Los Angeles Lakers maintained their perfect start to life after LeBron James with a 132-123 win over the Utah Jazz. Now the undisputed superstar of the Lakers since James departed this summer for Philadelphia,

Take a look at Luka Doncics 52-point haul, that helped the Los Angeles Lakers comeback against Utah Jazz, with the Slovenian breaking the record for the fastest Laker to hit 3000 points in the process.

Luka Doncic scored a monster 52 points as the Los Angeles Lakers maintained their perfect start to life after LeBron James with a 132-123 defeat of the Utah Jazz.

Luka Doncic made Lakers history with his 52-point performance, matching a rare feat accomplished by two NBA legends.