Everything else was not the fight between Gelena Osteenko with Taylor Townsend for his “32” phase US Openas after the end of the race, a fierce fight was followed between the two athletes, with accusations, spikes for lack of morality and implications for racist behavior.
American Townsend (No.139) prevailed with a 2-0 set of Ostapenko (No.26) and qualified for the next phase of the US Open, but shortly after the end of the match, the two players had a strong confrontation, with Ostapenko, the two players.
When asked if she considered Latvian comments racist, the American replied:
“I didn’t get it like that, but you know, that’s a stigma in our community, to call you ‘uneducated’.
Whether she had racist extensions or not, that’s something she can talk about. “
The above was not left unanswered by Ostapenko, which was publicly positioned by writing:
“I received so many messages that I was a racist. I have never been a racist in my life and I respect all the peoples of the world. For me it doesn’t matter where you come from. “
Townsend to Ostapenko:
“You can learn how to take a loss better” pic.twitter.com/L0m5GGAVC6
— Olly Tennis (@Olly_Tennis_) August 27, 2025
The Latvian tennis player also accused Townsend of lack of respect during the match, stating that she did not apologize when she helped her in a critical point. At the same time, he complained about the American behavior of the American warming, noting that he had violated his informal practice of starting with Baseline and not from the dick.
There, there, Townsend attempted to throw the tones, referring to her teammate’s behavior due to the result. “It’s competition. People get upset when they lose. “
Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko got in a heated interaction after their second round match at the US Open.
Townsend is on to the third round. pic.twitter.com/cOIYzoyfmG
— ESPN (@espn) August 27, 2025
The two athletes have faced each other in the past, both in a single and double, but it has never been the slightest between them. However, at the US Open with Townsend’s unexpected victory the situation escaped.