Yesterday on Court 11, Taylor Townsend powered past No. 25 seed Jelena Ostapenko with a fierce 7-5, 6-1 win, but the real drama erupted after the final point. At the net, instead of a routine handshake, Ostapenko lashed out, accusing Townsend of breaking tennis etiquette by not apologizing for a net-cord winner. Three times, the fiery Latvian appeared to tell the American that she has “no education.” The trigger? A single ball that brushed the tape, igniting a storm. Why did Ostapenko rip into Townsend so brutally over something so small? Tennis may have asked the question, but we’re here to deliver the answer.

Ostapenko stormed out of the gates in their US Open clash, redlining with her trademark go-for-broke fury. For nearly half an hour, Taylor Townsend, world No. 1 in do

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