New York – US Open Open Taylor Townsand And Jelna Ostapaneko After the end of their second round match on Wednesday, the court joined the argument of face-to-face on 11 sideline.
“He told me that I have no class, no education, and to see what happens when we get out of America,” Townsend, who is from Chicago, said after a 7-5, 6–1 win over the 2017 French open champion Ostapaneko, which is from Latvia.
After the meeting of both players for postmatch handshek, they stayed with each other rather than going to their different ways, as players usually do. The 25th seeded Ostapenko said as a finger finger in the townsand.
“I mean, it’s competition,” said Townsend. “People get upset when you lose.”
Added to the townsend: “When she was playing well, I didn’t say anything. It just shows the classroom.”
When they finally stopped talking to each other, the town will moved to the stand and pleaded on the biased crowd, waving from the top of his hand, the noise from the audience increased only loudly.
After pacifying things, the townsend said during his on-court interview that he had defeated Ostapenko on another occasion-his career head-to-head chain was tied on 1-all before Wednesday-and said: “So let’s see what else he has to say.”
During an expanded trip by Ostapenko in the locker room, while the match was still going on, the Townsend took out a jump rope and used it, while the action was delayed.
Ostapaneko Addressed the situation on her Instagram story After the match, he said that he made an exception to apologize for a net ball to a net ball and how he handled his premature warmup.
“Today after the match I told my opponent that she was very insulting because she had a net ball in a very decision (moment) and she did not say (forgiven), but her answer was that she did not need to say sorry,” Ostapenko wrote. “Tennis has some rules that most players follow and this was the first time that it was on a tour with me. If she plays in her motherland, it does not mean that she can behave and she can behave.”
He continued, “At the beginning of the match, all the players should start warm up on baseline. The opponent came out and started the warm up directly, which is very derogatory and against the rules of the tennis match.”
Ostapenko has entered Carfhals with opponents during the first matches, including 2021, when she lost to Alja Tomaljanovic in Wimbledon. Tomaljanovic accused Ostapaneko of lying about the need to leave the court for medical timeouts to address the stomach issue.
The Townsend recently reached number 1 in the WTA doubles rankings. But this is his first chance to reach the third round in the singles in a Grand Slam tournament since 2023.
In the single, the townster number is 139. She is the lowest ranked American woman, who has defeated a major Grand Slam Champion in a major. Christie Ahan Defeated – Who thinks? – 2019 Ostapenko at US Open.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
