NEW YORK -- Taylor Townsend said she has received support from players after Wednesday's on-court confrontation with Jelena Ostapenko at the US Open -- when Ostapenko was said to have told Townsend that she had "no class" and "no education" -- and is proud of how she handled the situation.

Townsend on Thursday said she had not heard from Ostapenko, a Latvian, since their second-round singles battle, which ended with Ostapenko berating Townsend, who is Black, for not apologizing for a net cord and then using insulting language and questioning Townsend's intellect and character.

Townsend, an American and the doubles world No. 1, met with the media Thursday after her first-round doubles win with partner Katerina Siniakova . Meanwhile, Ostapenko, who lost her first-round doubles matc

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