US Open opponents Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko get into a tense back-and-forth argument after match

New York — Open opponents in the United States, Taylor Townsen and Jelina Ostapeluko, entered an argument on the sidelines of the court 11 immediately after Townsend won their match in the second round 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday.

Townsin, an American who ranked first in the doubles, said that Austapenko, Latvia, who won the 2017 French Open, told her that she is “no separation” and “no education”.

One of the correspondents asked Townsand, which is black, whether she believed that there are ethnic tones for these comments.

“I didn’t take it this way, but also, as you know, this was a stigma in our” non -educated “society and all things, when this is the farthest thing about the truth.

“If it has racist tones or not, this is something you can talk about,” said Townsin “The only thing I am concerned about now is to continue to move forward during this tournament.”

Ostapenko later posted on social media about “the number of messages I received is my racist.

She wrote: “I was never racist in my life and I respect all people of people in the world. For me it does not matter where I came from.”

After the two players met on the network to shake after the postpone, they were near each other instead of walking on their separate path, as usually happens. The twenty -fifth seed of Ostapenko finger in Townsin as they were talking.

“It is a competition,” Townsin said. “People are upset when they lose.”

When they finally stopped talking, Townsund moved to the stands, toured the party crowd, waving in the sky of her arm, and the noise grew from the spectators with a louder voice.

She and Ostabinko faced each other before in both individual and husband.

“There was no date. I don’t know how to feel towards me, but there is no beef on my side,” Townsenand said. “You told me that I have no education, no separation, and I see what happens if we play each other outside the United States. I said:” I am excited. Bring him.

Ostapenko went on social media to publish what he called, “Just a small update about the match.”

I wrote that Townsund was “unresolved” because he did not say “sorry” after a net wire helped him at a point.

“There are some of the tennis rules followed by most players and it was (the first time) that this happened to me on a tour,” as Austabinko published. “If she played in her homeland, this does not mean that she can act and do what she wants.”

Ostapenko also complained that Townsund began to warm up before the game in the network, instead of returning basically. While most players start basically, Townsund noticed that she began clearing for years.

Ostapenko entered Kerfuffles with opponents during the matches before, including in 2021 when she lost to Juma Tomlganovich in Wimbledon. Ostapenko was accused of lying about the need for the court to leave a medical deadline to address the abdominal case.

Townsund has recently moved to the top of WTA classifications. But this is the first time that it has reached the third round of the individual in the Grand Slam championship since 2023.

In the individual, Townsand is No. 139. She is a less -rated American woman overcoming the Grand Salam peace champion in the individual in a specialty since the defeat of Christie Ah – guessing who? – Ostapenko in 2019 US Open.

“The most proud thing is that I leave my strike talking. Because in the end, I am the person here, sitting in front of you, comrades, moving to the next round, checking the next check, and moving, and I can be here and talk to you, comrades, and this is the most important.” “It is crowded and went.”