Some tennis matches end with a polite handshake and a nod. Others end with a fiery, 30-second verbal sparring match that has the crowd buzzing and the commentators scrambling for the mute button. On Wednesday night at the US Open, Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko gave us the latter, and frankly, we are all better for it.

Townsend, the American powerhouse and doubles world No. 1, dismantled the 25th-seeded Ostapenko in a decisive 7-5, 6-1 victory. But the real fireworks didn’t start until after the final point. What should have been a routine handshake quickly devolved into a heated confrontation right at the umpire’s chair, broadcast live for all the world to see. It was the kind of raw, unfiltered drama that makes live sports so darn compelling.

For a solid half-minute, the two were

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