Overview

• After losing in straight sets to Taylor Townsend in the second round, Jelena Ostapenko confronted her at the net in a heated exchange.
• Townsend told ESPN that Ostapenko said she had “no class” and “no education” and told her to “see what happens when we get outside the U.S.”
• Ostapenko denied being racist in an Instagram post, saying she has “NEVER” been racist and argued her frustration was over perceived breaches of etiquette.
• Townsend said she did not take the comments as racist and added that only Ostapenko could speak to her intentions.
• Naomi Osaka called the remarks “terrible,” and Ben Shelton described them as “shocking,” criticizing the choice of words.