Former world number 5, Jelena Ostapenko, has been running the headlines recently. But interestingly, it’s not just because of her tennis, but something else! She recently went down to America’s Taylor Townsend in the second round of the 2025 US Open by 7-5,6-1. But more than the defeat, her post-match reaction raised quite a few eyebrows in the tennis world. The Latvian was spotted engaging in a heated argument beside the net, right after this epic battle. What exactly did she say to Townsend, though?

When asked about the same in her post-match interview, the American revealed, “It’s competition… people get upset when they lose. Some people say bad things. She told me I have no class & no education & to see what happens when we get outside the U.S.” Shortly after this statement came out,

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