8th SEPTEMBER 2025 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
US Open Tennis 2025 - Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka is the champion in the women's category
- The US Open tennis tournament, one of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments, is being held in New York City. In the women's singles final held early yesterday, the reigning champion and world number one Sabalenka and American player Amanda Anisimova, who is ranked 8th in the tournament, clashed.
- In this, Sabalenka easily defeated Anisimova 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) to retain the champion title. The match lasted one hour and 34 minutes. She won the US Open title for the second time in a row. With this, she has become the player who has won the US Open title in a row after American player Serena Williams.
- This is the 4th Grand Slam title won by the 27-year-old Belarusian player Sabalenka. She has won the US Open title twice (2024, 2025) and the Australian Open title twice (2023, 2024).
- In the US Open tennis final, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz defeated Italian Jannik Sinner to win the championship title. With this victory, Alcaraz has regained the top spot in the world rankings. In the US Open tennis tournament held yesterday, Alcaraz defeated Sinner with a score of 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
- In this series, Alcaraz has only lost one set in this final. This is Alcaraz's second US Open title and sixth Grand Slam title.
- The 12th Men's Asia Cup Hockey Championship began on August 29 at Rajgir Stadium in Bihar. The Asia Cup Hockey Championship, which is held every four years, was delayed in 2022 due to the spread of the coronavirus. South Korea won the championship.
- In this situation, 8 teams participated in the current Asia Cup Hockey Championship: India, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Japan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Chinese Taipei.
- In this situation, the Asia Cup Hockey Final between the defending champions South Korea and India took place. While the Indian team started the game with an aggressive game, the South Korean team focused on defense.
- At the end of the match, the Indian team won 4-1. Dilprit, who was a key player in the Indian team's victory, was selected as the man of the match. The Indian team has already won the Asian Cup for the fourth time, having previously won the title in 2003, 2007 and 2017.
- In this way, India has become the second country to win the Asian Cup for the most times, after South Korea, which has won the title five times.
