RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final Saturday.

The 20-year-old American came from 2-0 and 5-3 down in the final set and was two points from defeat at one stage.

But she took the set to a tiebreaker and won the first six points. Zheng threatened a comeback, but Gauff took the victory off her third match point with a forehand winner as she came into the net.

Gauff beat the world's top two players -- Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek -- on her run to the final at the season-ending event.

Zheng was looking to complete a season in which she reached a grand slam final for the first time at the Australian Open and delivered China's first Olympic tennis singles gold medal.

But Gauff edged the three-hour final which included 26 break points. Gauff also won their only previous meeting, in the Rome quarterfinals on clay in May.

Gauff beat Sabalenka at age 19 in last year's U.S. Open final to win her only major in singles to date. She teamed with Katerina Siniakova to win the French Open doubles this year.

In the WTA doubles final, Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand beat Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States 7-5, 6-3.

FRISCO, Texas -- Dak Prescott's stint on injured reserve has been delayed temporarily.

The Dallas Cowboys did not place Prescott on injured reserve Saturday for the partial avulsion of his hamstring, which means now the earliest he could return would be Dec. 15 against the Carolina Panthers, if the team makes the move next week.

Prescott and the Cowboys are continuing to seek opinions on the best way to treat the injury, either with rest and rehab or surgery. Multiple sources said Prescott will need six to eight weeks to recover without surgery. As of Friday, no determination had been made on whether he would need surgery, which would end his regular season.

The Cowboys did not need Prescott's spot on the 53-man roster for Sunday's game against Philadelphia. Instead, he will be among the team's inactive players.

Cooper Rush will start at quarterback against the Philadelphia Eagles, with Trey Lance as the backup. Coach Mike McCarthy said the team is considering adding a quarterback to the roster, either the active roster or practice squad, with Prescott out.

If Prescott does not return this season, it would mark the second time in his career he ended a year on injured reserve. In 2020, he suffered a dislocation and compound fracture of his right ankle in Week 5.

The Cowboys also elevated cornerback Josh Butler and wide receiver Jalen Cropper from the practice squad. Cornerback Trevon Diggs, who did not practice Friday because of an illness, was able to get work in Saturday.

New Orleans Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson has been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain and is out indefinitely, the team announced Saturday.

Williamson is expected to miss several weeks, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.

The Pelicans said medical imaging taken Saturday morning confirmed the injury.

Williamson suffered the injury in the second quarter of the Pelicans' loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday, checking himself out of the game before returning to score 23 points in the second half. He didn't play in Friday's loss to the Orlando Magic, his fourth missed game of the season.

The injury is a devastating blow for the Pelicans and Williamson, who team officials believe has been in the best shape of his career.

Since the Pelicans selected Williamson first overall out of Duke in the 2019 draft, the 6-foot-6, 284-pound power forward has missed 210 out of a possible 400 regular-season games.

Williamson's injury is the latest for a struggling Pelicans team that was missing six of its top eight scorers, including Dejounte Murray, Trey Murphy III, CJ McCollum and Jordan Hawkins, against the Magic. Forward Herb Jones has also been out of the lineup due to a shoulder injury.

The Pelicans, who have lost four in a row and seven of their past eight games, are off until Monday, when they host the Brooklyn Nets.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Bonzi might only be ranked 124th in the world, but he has been on a hot streak which has led to the first title of his career at the age of 28.

Norrie paid the price for not taking his chances - particularly in a tight first set where he converted only one of 13 break points.

A mammoth ninth game saw the British number two create 10 opportunities on Bonzi's serve, but his opponent demonstrated the same resilience he had shown all week to hold on.

Bonzi then edged the set on a tie-break and maintained momentum to clinically break early in the second set.

Norrie's aggressive returning became more wayward as he tried to recover, meaning he was unable to apply any more serious pressure on Bonzi's serve.

Serving out for the title at 5-4, the Frenchman showed no sign of tension as he hit an ace out wide to set up championship point before sealing victory.

"It was a really high-level match, there was nothing in it," added Norrie. "He played better in the bigger moments."

At the Belgrade Open, Canada's Denis Shapovalov also ended a long wait for an ATP title by beating Serbia's Hamad Medjedovic in the final.

Shapovalov, 25, has been out of the top 100 for most of the season after a knee injury, but lifted his first trophy since 2019 with a 6-4 6-4 victory.

If Scotland fans are looking for reasons to believe their heroes can upset the world champions, a dive into the history books is not recommended.

The Springboks have won the last eight meetings between the sides, and 15 of the last 16, with Scotlands solitary success coming in 2010 when Dan Parks kicked them to a 21-17 victory.

The most recent clash was the World Cup Pool B opener last year when the Boks extinguished Scotland's attacking threat to ease to an 18-3 win.

With the likes of captain Siya Kolisi and Pieter-Steph du Toit - Scotlands tormenter-in-chief in Marseille last year - selected to start on the bench, some wonder if Rassie Erasmus has made the call with a view to his all-star replacements making a late impact at Murrayfield, or with one eye on Twickenham and next weekends showdown with England.

Stand-in skipper Eben Etzebeth, the legendary lock who will win his 129th cap on Sunday, was quick to shut down any talk the Boks are giving Scotland anything other than their full, undivided attention.

"We consider them one of the top nations in world rugby," Etzebeth said.

"We see them as an Ireland or New Zealand or Australia or England or any of those teams that we play against. They're right up there for us and it's going to be a physical Test match.

"I think Murrayfield is an incredible place to play rugby. Personally it's one of my favourites in the world, I love coming and playing here.

"The Scottish people are nice but we know their team will never be nice to us on the field."

The Springboks have been nice and respectful of Scotland all week. Come 16:10 on Sunday in Edinburgh, you can bet that will all come to an abrupt end.

The Scots know what is coming - the toughest, meanest challenge in all of rugby. Knowing about it and knowing what to do about it are two entirely different things.

A Scottish victory is hard to see, but if they can somehow shake up the global order with a seismic win, it may just be the catalyst towards the type of success that has for so long been beyond their reach.

Suaalii chased down another kick-off as Australia got the second half under way and England were drawn into a game of open spaces, long passages and frequent turnovers.

Australia thrived in the chaos.

Second row Jeremy Williams dived into the corner like a wing after 50 minutes to move his side 25-18 clear.

From the kick-off, Wright slit England open down the middle with a swerving run, and the scrambling hosts gave away a soft penalty as they tried to stem the attack.

Lolesio slotted to put Australia 10 points clear and, with little over 25 minutes left, England were staring down the barrel.

With a recent history of dismal final quarters, the prospect of an England comeback was not supported by the stats.

But the home crowd, as against Ireland in March, relished the chase and raised the volume.

Smith was the conductor at the centre of the maelstrom.

Sleightholme ate into the Wallabies' lead, latching on to Smiths smart kick to make it 28-23, before the Harlequins man, moved to full-back by the introduction of George Ford, dropped a shoulder and darted deep into Australia territory 10 minutes later.

Fast ball was fed to Alex Dombrandt, whose floated pass allowed Sleightholme a clear canter into the corner.

Smith landed the touchline conversion and, with 10 minutes to go, England led once more at 30-28.

They could not contain the Wallabies, though, with home errors breathing life into the opposition.

Andrew Kellaway streaked clear to score after the ball went to ground in a mess of an England midfield move.

Itoje's score seemed to have salvaged victory, but England gave away possession off the kick-off and, with tired legs unable to cover ground, Jorgensen raced away for a gut-punch game-winning score.

England conceding 42 points at home in their Autumn Nations Series defeat by Australia is "unforgivable", says captain Jamie George.

Maro Itoje's 78th-minute try looked to have ended a run of three successive narrow defeats for Steve Borthwick's side.

However, replacement wing Max Jorgensen stole the game four minutes into injury time as England's defence leaked their fifth try at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium.

"It is a fine balance between closing up shop and trying to see out the win rather than attacking," George told TNT Sports.

"We talk about being brave and courageous and that [Maro Itoje] try was exactly that.

"The system and the principle all works. We know it works but we didn't quite get what we wanted out if it.

"Leaking 42 points at home is unforgivable. They got front-foot ball and then have some pretty good runners outside."

The last time England conceded more than 40 points at Twickenham was in their when they suffered their record home defeat, 53-10 by France, during last year's Six Nations.

England had led Joe Schmidt's Australia by 12 points after two first-half tries from Chandler Cunningham-South, but surrendered that advantage by half-time.

The hosts - under new defence coach Joe El-Abd - failed to live with Australia's dangerous attacking talent.

Replacement wing Ollie Sleightholme had put England 30-28 up heading into the final 10 minutes, before the visitors snatched the lead back with five minutes to go through Andrew Kellaway.

And despite reclaiming the advantage through Itoje, England were unable to close out the game from the resulting restart.

The result draws similarities with last weekend's 24-22 defeat by New Zealand when England conceded a 76th-minute try and blew an eight-point lead.

It is the fourth game in a row that Borthwick's side have fallen on the wrong side of the final play, following two close Tests against the All Blacks in July.

His side were also defeated 33-31 by France in their final game of this year's Six Nations, thanks to a late Thomas Ramos penalty.

Former England wing Ugo Monye said the defeat against Australia is like "groundhog day" and that being "unlucky" is no longer an excuse.

"The ending is this continuous nightmare of not closing out a match," he told TNT Sports.

"It is a real problem and not unlucky any more. This is a trend that has stuck with England."

Bayern Munich earned a nervous 1-0 win at St Pauli thanks to a sensational strike from Jamal Musiala to stay unbeaten and open a six-point lead atop the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Bayern, fresh from their 1-0 Champions League win over Benfica courtesy of another goal from in-form Musiala, will go into the international break leading the standings.

They have 26 points ahead of second-placed RB Leipzig, who host Borussia Moenchengladbach later on Saturday. Eintracht Frankfurt, who visit VfB Stuttgart on Sunday, are third on 17 points.

The Bavarians had the upper hand at the start but did not succeed in taming the hosts straight away.

Promoted St Pauli looked confident and gradually became more aggressive, carving out a couple of chances of their own. As the hosts pushed for a goal, however, it was Bayern who struck.

Germany midfielder Musiala won possession 30-metres out, took two steps and unleashed a ferocious shot that went in off the crossbar for his fifth league goal in the 23rd minute.

Promoted St Pauli turned out to be a tough nut to crack despite Bayern's possession of more than 70%.

They gave the visitors little space to create chances for much of the second half with St Pauli waiting for their opportunity to hit the Bavarians on the break.

Bayern did come close late in the game with first Musiala firing over the bar and then Harry Kane failing to beat the Bochum keeper from close range a little later.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans said it has been difficult being sidelined as Tampa Bay has dropped three straight games, including an overtime loss at Kansas City on Monday night.

Speaking for the first time publicly since suffering a hamstring injury in Week 7, Evans told ESPN it "would have been close" for him to return this week at home against the San Francisco 49ers. Evans is hopeful to return after the Week 11 bye, when the Bucs visit the New York Giants in Week 12. Sunday's game will mark the third in a row he is sidelined -- tied for the most he's ever missed in a season in his 11-year career.

"It's extremely tough," Evans said. "Obviously, everybody knows the competitor that I am, and they know I want to be out there with my team and help us win ball games, but I can't rush it and I'll be back when I'm back and hopefully that'll be after the bye week and I'll be myself."

The Bucs been feeling the weight of losing not only Evans, but also Pro Bowl wide receiver Chris Godwin. Godwin, who was tied with Evans and three others for the most touchdowns in the league (5) through the first six weeks, also was leading the NFL with 50 total catches. He suffered a dislocated left ankle the night Evans went down, and has been ruled out for the remainder of the regular season.

"My heart was with Chris that game," Evans said. "He was having a phenomenal year. All-Pro season -- one of our leaders goes down like that. That's more what I was worried about because with a hamstring -- I get those every year -- so I was just worried about him really."

Godwin, who underwent surgery two weeks ago, said last week that it would be a "best-case scenario" if "everything lines up" for him to possibly return for the playoffs. Both receivers are still playing active roles on the team, even if it's while spending the bulk of their time in the training room. Godwin has been giving pointers to rookie wide receiver Jalen McMillan, even creating a daily routine for him with the Jugs machines. Evans is trying to lead by example in the way he pursues his rehabilitation.

"I just give advice when I can, motivate when it's needed," Evans said. "But this team is super motivated. I mean, they just see me hitting my rehab hard and things like that. That does enough, and I want to be out there and helping them soon."

Evans said he's encouraged by what he has seen from players such as tight end Cade Otton, who has been quarterback Baker Mayfield's top target over the past two weeks; Ryan Miller, who caught the game-tying touchdown at Kansas City, his first NFL TD reception; Sterling Shepard, Trey Palmer and Rakim Jarrett (McMillan, a rookie third-round draft pick, has been sidelined by a hamstring injury).

"They're doing an amazing job and I'm happy that they're giving these opportunities, even though it's unfortunate how things went down with me and Chris," Evans said. "I'm happy that everybody's getting opportunities to play because we have a fantastic roster and it's starting to show when they get more opportunities, they make plays, so that's good for them and I can't wait to come help them win games."

He said Mayfield has had a "fantastic year," and added: "I can't wait to get back to help him make more plays." Evans said he feels "great" and is optimistic about how the rehab is going.

Evans said devoting time to his foundation -- which has provided $560,000 in college scholarships to youth in Florida and Texas and supports victims of domestic violence -- is one of the ways he has been able to keep his spirits up. Evans was 9 when his father, Mickey, was shot and killed by his mother's brother, Sam Kilgore, over the abuse of Evans' mother, Heather. Kilgore is now serving life in prison for killing his cellmate.

"My story is documented -- domestic violence issues in my family's history -- and I wanted to help families that are going through that. I know what it's like," Evans said. "It gives me more of a purpose to take advantage of these moments. You never know how long they last, and you never know how long you are even going to be here on Earth. So I think it's important to always give back and be who you are.

"Just having that power just to just give back and help people out. I've been helped ... I've had so many people throughout my whole life just help me and my family and without those people I wouldn't be where I am today. So I have to pay it forward and it brings me joy."

MUNICH -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has an answer for German fans wondering about rumors the league could be heading to their capital city of Berlin: "Believe it."

The NFL played its first regular-season game in Germany in Munich in 2022, then two games in Frankfurt the following year. Munich is hosting Sunday's matchup between the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers, the fifth and last international game of the season.

"I usually tell people, 'Don't believe rumors.' In this case, I might say, 'Believe it.' We're working on it, but it isn't finalized. We really feel like Berlin would be a great addition, so we're looking very hard at that. Our people have been working very hard at it," Goodell said in a Q-and-A session with fans in Munich. "But I want to add that does not mean we're not going to be back in Frankfurt and Munich."

German news agency dpa and broadcaster RTL both reported Saturday that the Berlin city government was discussing plans for a game.

Berlin wasn't one of the German cities that initially bid to host regular-season games. The three finalists selected in 2021 were Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf, which has not hosted a game.

Berlin holds a personal significance for Goodell. He recounted Saturday how he was involved in the NFL's first exhibition game in Germany in 1990 -- less than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall -- between the Los Angeles Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs at Berlin's Olympiastadion, or Olympic Stadium.

"It was one of my favorite events," Goodell said. "The German fans were just fantastic and overwhelming."

NFL team owners voted in December to authorize the league to host eight games internationally each season, though Goodell has said he has a long-term target of 16.

The league hosted its first game in Brazil this season and is heading to Spain for the first time next year with a game in Madrid. London hosted three games this season.