By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, August 28, 2025
Photo Credit: Julian Finney/Getty
New York – Talk is cheap, but trash conversation can be costly.
Asked her reaction to the swapping between Jelena Ostrapenko and Taylor Townsend At the end of their open match in SH.BA on Wednesday evening, Naomi Osaka did not attract punches.
Open Ostaka’s double champion called Ostrapenko’s comments “one of the worst things you can say to a black tennis”.
In case you have lost it, world world no. 1 Townsend disturbed the 25th, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the third round of US Open.
In the test of hand tightening after the match, Ostapenko, who was upset her opponent, did not apologize for a net blow, could be heard bursting Townsend saying “You have no education … wait until we are out of SH.BA”
Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko went into a hot interaction after their second -round match at US Open.
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Taylor Townsend recounted her interaction with the number 25 Jelena Ostrapenko after their second round match at US Open.
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Osaka enabled the past Hailey baptiste6-3, 6-1 at Louis Armstrong Stadium to advance in the third round of US Open. In her oppressor after the match, Osaka was asked her reaction to the words of Ostapenko.
“I mean, it’s really hard to say. I think it’s definitely one of the worst things you can say to a black tennis in a white -majority sport,” Osaka said. “And given, I know Taylor and know how hard she has worked and I know how smart she is, so she is the most distant thing from uneducated or something like that.
“But if you are really asking me about the story of Ostapenko, I don’t think that’s the crazy thing she said. I’ll be honest.”
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Indeed, Ostapenko clearly did not attend Stefan Edberg Sports School. In fact, it is known for tightening the famous “Drive by” hand after some losses and calling opponents sometimes in court.
Ostapenko and Ajla Tomljanovic renowned in Wimbledon in 2021 when Aussie accused Latvia of falsifying an injury to receive a medical time while tracking 4-0 in the third set.
“You know she is lying,” Tomljanovic told chairman Upire in Wimbledon.
“If you think I’m doing it, you can talk to the physique,” Ostapenko said. “Your behavior is terrible. You have zero respect … You are the worst player in the tournament.”
In another match by Wimbledon, Ostapenko once called both Camila Giorgi and her father, Sergio Giorgi, claiming that Elder Giorgi was shouting and coughing during her service movement to distract her.
Of course, Osaka herself is not a foreigner for post -match controversy. After leaning in front of the 18-year-old Canadian cardboard Vicky Lundoko in the Montreal final earlier this month, Osaka neglected to congratulate the young man in her short racing speech that lasted less than 20 seconds. For her loan, Osaka apologized by Lundo, who sees Osaka as her tennis hero, the next day.
Today, Osaka destroyed the comment after the Ostrapenko match in Townsend as “terrible”.
“I think it’s the sick time and the worst person you could have ever said. And I don’t know if she knows her story in America,” Osaka said. “But I know she will never say in her
Life. But, yes, I mean, it was just terrible. Like this is just really bad. “
When Townsend was asked if she felt Ostapenko’s “No Education” surrendered with racial overtaking in her oppressor, the American replied “I can’t talk what its purpose was, I can only talk about how I treated the situation.”
Townsend continued to say that she refuses to allow ostapenko, or any opponent, to determine her character.
“Saying that I have no education and no class, I really don’t get it personally because I know it’s so far from the truth and so far from nothing,” Townsend said. “Again, if I allow what else
People have to say about me affect me that way, then they win. So, after all, no.
“I got up for myself, and kept in mind at that moment how I wanted to portray myself and how I wanted to appear, and if my son were to see this interaction, how he would see it? I think he would be proud of how I treated the situation.
“I am very strong. I am very proud as a black woman I am here representing myself and representing us and our culture. I make sure I can do everything I can to be the best possible representation every time I go to court and even outside the court.”
Ostapenko rejects her “without education” was said with racial hostility and said her anger and disappointment were prompted by Townsend who refused to apologize for a net cord and “very disrespectful” behavior in court.
