Taylor Townsend showed up and showed out in her 2025 US Open match against Latvian player Jelena Ostapenko. Townsend is ranked #1 in world for women’s doubles, Ostapenko is ranked #26, so the second round match went about how you would expect, Townsend won 7-5, 6-1. When the deed was done, Townsend let out a winner’s roar, typical of elite competitors after notching another win. Conversely, as typical of sore losers, Ostapenko was indignant and wrangled up the audacity to hurl insults at her superior. To say that the moment is going viral is a gross understatement…

In the immediate aftermath of the confrontation, Townsend kept it a buck about exactly what the ornery Ostapenko said to her.

“She told me I have no class, I have no education, and see what happens when we get outside of the U

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