Former world number one Maria Sharapova has won her first title since May 2015, beating Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 7-6 (10-8) in the Tianjin Open final.

　　自2015年5月首次夺冠以来，前世界排名第一的玛利亚莎拉波娃在天津公开赛决赛中以7-5、7-6(10-8)击败了阿瑞娜萨巴伦卡(音译)。

　　The 30-year-old Russian was playing her seventh event since she returned to the tour in April from a 15-month drug ban.

　　因服用禁药而被禁赛15个月后，这位30岁的俄罗斯女将在今年4月重返赛场。这也是她本年参加的第7场比赛。

　　She trailed 4-1 in both sets before overcoming the 19-year-old Belarusian, who was contesting her first WTA final, in two hours and five minutes.

　　在两小时五分钟内，她在头两局1-4落后的情况下，顶住压力，最终击败了19岁的白俄罗斯选手萨巴伦卡。这是萨巴伦卡首次进入WTA决赛。

　　It is the five-time Grand Slam winner’s 36th WTA tournament victory.

　　这也是莎拉波娃这位5次大满贯得主在WTA巡回赛的第36次胜利。

　　Sharapova was denied a wildcard for the French Open, missed Wimbledon through injury and reached the US Open fourth round as a wildcard before losing to Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova.

　　此前，莎拉波娃未能取得法网公开赛外卡参赛资格，因伤缺席温网，持外卡打入美网第4轮却被拉脱维亚的阿纳斯塔斯加塞娃斯图娃(音译)击败。

　　The Russian, who began the week ranked 86th in the world, received a wildcard for the event in China.

　　这位俄罗斯名将以世界排名第86的身份持外卡参加天津公开赛。

　　She broke a nervous-looking Sabalenka in the opening game but then lost four games in succession as the teenager struck back with aggressive returns.

　　首局，她轻松战胜紧张的萨巴伦卡，此后却在这位年轻选手的强劲攻势下连丢4局。

　　The Russian got back on serve at 4-3 after a 16-point game and then claimed the decisive break with a forehand winner down the line.

　　这位俄罗斯名将在自己发球局将比分追至3:4，并成功破发，先下一盘。

　　World number 101 Sabalenka surged into a 5-1 advantage in the second set with some more fiercely struck returns before Sharapova responded with five consecutive games to serve for the match at 6-5.

　　世界排名101的萨巴伦卡在第二盘中攻势凶猛，率先取得5-1的优势，却被莎拉波娃连夺5局，将比分改写为5-6。

　　But she was unable to complete victory and a double fault sent the set into a tie-break, which saw the players drop four successive points on serve.

　　但她无法一鼓作气夺取胜利。两次发球失误将比赛拖入抢七决胜局，而在这局中，双方一共连续错失了4个盘点。

　　Sabalenka survived three match points but a double fault gave Sharapova a fourth chance and she duly recorded her first title since the Italian Open two years and five months ago.

　　萨巴伦卡挽救了3个赛点，但她的两次发球失误却给了莎拉波娃第4次机会。莎拉波娃不负众望，取得了自两年零五个月前的意大利公开赛以来的首个冠军。

　　The result means Sharapova moves up to number 57 in the world rankings.

　　这一结果也意味着莎拉波娃的世界排名上升至第57位。