Overview

• Taylor Townsend beat Jelena Ostapenko 7-5, 6-1 in the US Open second round and will face Mirra Andreeva next.
• Ostapenko posted on Instagram that Townsend was very disrespectful for not apologizing for a net-cord winner and later deleted the story after saying she would come back stronger.
• Townsend said Ostapenko told her she had no education and no class and warned of consequences when they meet outside the United States.
• Apologizing for a net-roller is widely observed etiquette rather than a rule, and Townsend also defended her long-standing warm-up routine.
• Townsend said she did not view the exchange as racist, while Ostapenko denied being racist and said she respects all nations, with no tournament sanctions reported.