Taylor Townsend's outfit for her US Open second-round match against No. 25 seed Jelena Ostapenko featured flames across the bottom of her dress. Little did she know the match would turn plenty fiery, with words spilling over after the two players shook hands following Townsend's impressive 7-5, 6-1 win.

Here's the confrontation:

Another video of the exchange showed Townsend telling Ostapenko, "You can learn how to take a loss better."

And here's what Townsend told ESPN in her post-match interview:

"Yeah, I mean, you know, it's competition," Townsend said. "People get upset when they lose. Some people say bad things. She told me I have no class, I have no education and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S. So I'm looking forward to it. I mean, I beat her in Canada, outside t

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