Jelena Ostapenko Publicly Apologizes To Taylor Townsend Saying Due To Language Barrier She Was Misunderstood [VIDEO]

Last week Taylor Townsend defeated Jelena Ostapenko 7-5, 6-1 in the second round of the U.S. Open.  When Taylor and Ostapenko met the net to shake hand following the match Taylor Townsend was met with Ostapenko telling she needed to apologize to her for a shot that clipped the top of the net but stayed in play.  Townsend who said she didn’t have nothing to apologize for was then told by a heated Ostapenko that Townsend had no class, no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S. Townsends ending response was that Ostapenko needs learn how to take a loss better.

Jelena Ostapenko many days later publicly apologized to Taylor Townsend saying due to a language barrier what she said was is understood.

“English is not my native language, so when I said education, I was speaking only about what I believe as tennis etiquette, but I understand how the words I used could have offended many people beyond the tennis court.”

Taylor Townsend after enduring the drama all weekend about this unsportsmanlike exchange on Sunday Barbora Krejcikova fought off eight match points in a second set that ended with a 25-minute tiebreaker before outlasting American Taylor Townsend 1-6, 7-6 (13), 6-3 in a back-and-forth thriller Sunday at the US Open.

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