Overview

• Jelena Ostapenko posted an Instagram apology on Saturday for telling Taylor Townsend she had “no education” after their second‑round match.
• Ostapenko wrote that English is not her first language and said she was referring to tennis etiquette, acknowledging her words offended people beyond the court.
• The confrontation followed Townsend’s straight‑sets win, with Ostapenko objecting to a lack of a “sorry” after a net‑cord winner and to Townsend’s pre‑match warm‑up at the net.
• Naomi Osaka criticized the phrase as especially harmful to a Black player, while Townsend said she did not interpret it that way but noted the stigma around being labeled “not educated.”
• Townsend advanced to the fourth round by upsetting No. 5 Mirra Andreeva and is set to face Barbora Krejcikova on Sunday; she later said she had not been contacted directly but called the apology fine.