Jelena Ostapenko apologizes on social media for what she said to Taylor Townsend at the US Open
New York (AP) – Jelena Ostapenko apologized for telling social media on Saturday Taylor Townsend “No training” after losing him USA Open At the beginning of the week, he explained that Ostapenko aims to call Townsend for what he perceived as poor Tennis Etiquette Rules.
Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open Champion from Latvia, wrote in an article that English is not a mother tongue, “So when I said education, I was talking about what I believe in tennis manners, but I understand how the words I use can disturb many people beyond the tennis court.”
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On Wednesday, when the two players returned to an extended wax after the wax, a reporter asked Townsend, who thought that Ostapenko thought that he had racial sub -tones to what he said in court.
“I didn’t get this way, but at the same time, you know, in our community, ‘not educated’ and everything was a stamp when it was the farthest thing from the facts,” he replied.
Ostapenko wrote on social media that day that he found Townsend “disrespectful .. after he did not apologize. Aid of the net cord During a point. Ostapenko also complained that Townsend started warming Before the match, instead of being back on the base line.
Townsend He will play in the fourth round on Sunday.
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