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Things got very heated between Taylor Townsend and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko on Wednesday afternoon at the US Open. Townsend and Ostapenko, shortly after Townsend secured her win to make it into the ...

Latvian tennis player Jelena Ostapenko has issued an apology on social media after making controversial remarks toward American player Taylor Townsend following her loss at the 2025 US Open. According ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Open opponents Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko got into a face-to-face argument on the Court 11 sideline right after Townsend won their second-round match 7-5, 6-1 on ...

American tennis star Taylor Townsend claims she has not spoken with Jelena Ostapenko since the Latvian sparked a racism scandal after their US Open match this week. Townsend, who is black, had an ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jelena Ostapenko apologized on social media Saturday for telling Taylor Townsend she had “no education” after losing to her at the U.S. Open earlier in the week, explaining that she ...

*A fiery exchange between Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko at the US Open on August 27 sparked widespread attention. After Townsend’s 7-5, 6-1 victory, Ostapenko criticized her opponent’s tennis ...

Taylor Townsend hasn’t heard from Jelena Ostapenko, and had no idea the latter had posted a belated apology for their U.S. Open altercation. Townsend has been too busy winning her way through Flushing ...

American Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko exchanged words post-match after the latter took her second round defeat badly Sonia Twigg primarily writes about cricket, tennis and football. After ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Jelena Ostapenko apologized ...