Subsequently the place said that Ostopenko accused her of lack of “education.”
“He told me that I have no education or class, and that I wait to see what happens if we play outside the United States”Towsend said at a press conference.
“I replied that ahead. I have never been one of those that go back to something like that “he said.
Ostapenko, who occupies the 26th position of the WTA, said on Instagram that He was angry that Towsend does not apologize for a point cattle after one of his blows touched on the network.
He also accused her of breaking the protocol at the beginning of her warming prior to the match on the network and not at the bottom of the track.
“I told my opponent that It was very disrespectful, since he had a ball to the network at a decisive moment and did not apologize. His answer was that he doesn’t have to apologize, “the Letona wrote.
“There are some rules in the tennis That most players continue and this was the first time this happened to me in the circuit, “he said.” If you play in your native country, that does not mean that you can behave and do what you want. “
“This is sport,” Towsend replied later. “I feel that people have become a bit soft.”
The fact was interpreted at the court level as an act of racism by the European player and more when images were viralized through social networks.
“How many messages I have received saying that I am racist”he wrote on his Instagram account.
Then he added: “I’ve never been racist in my life and respect for all the nations of the world. For me, no matter where you come from. There are some rules in tennis and unfortunately, when the public is with you, You cannot use them disrespectfully towards your opponent. Unfortunately for me, when I come from such a small country, I do not have that great support or the opportunity to play in my homeland. I have always liked playing at the US Open, but this is the first time someone addresses the game of so disrespectful. “
Naomi Osaka charged against Ostapenko
The Japanese Naomi Osaka lashed out on Thursday against Ostapenko, after the letona lifted accusations of racism after its elimination of the tournament.
Osaka, whose father is born in Haiti, described as “Terrible” Ostapeko’s comments towards Towsend.
“I think, obviously, It is one of the worst things that can be told a black tennis player in a mostly white sport “Osaka declared after his victory in second round against Hailey Baptiste.
“I know Taylor and I know how hard he has worked and I know how intelligent it is, so is far from being an uncultured Or something similar, “he said.
“It is inopportune and the worst person who could have told him. And I don’t know if (Ostapenko) knows history in the United States. But I know he will not say that again in his life. It was terrible. It was really bad, “Osaka acknowledged.
Towsend’s mixed double couple, the young American star Ben Shelton, also criticized the words of the Letona.
“Some shocking comments towards (Towsend) and Not the most intelligent that can be told an American in New York “, Shelton said. “Speak for itself, right? A madness. A madness of declaration. “
Towsend said Wednesday that he did not believe that Ostapenko’s comments were racist. “I didn’t take it that way, but also, you know, It has been a stigma In our community of Not be educated And all those things when it is the furthest from the truth. “
“I really don’t take it as something personal, because I know it’s far from truth and very far from anything. I am very strong. I am very proud as a black woman of being here representing myself and representing us and our culture, “he concluded.
He’s anger brotes by Daniil Medvedev
20250829 GSE – SPO – TEN – WTA – 2025 – US – OPEN – DAY – 1 NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 24: Daniil Medvedev breaks his racket after losing in five sets to Benjamin Bonzi of France during their Men’s Singles First Round match on Day One of the 2025 US Open
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The contest played on the Flushing Meadows courts, in New York, started last Sunday with a stormy match between Russian Daniil Medvedev and the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi.
The meeting was thin when Medvedev ran along the track to protest before the chair judge Greg Allensworth after a photographer entered the court error and that the referee granted the Frenchman a first service.
The party was standing six minutes in an unusual event and the temperamental Russian tennis player went to the public, encouraging them to express their discontent with the judge.
Medvedev, eliminated in five sets, was fined US $ 42,500 for their conduct, US $ 30 thousand for unsportsmanlike behavior and with others US $ 12,500 for breaking the racket.
The amount meant almost 40% of the US $ 110 thousand that the former world one received for participating in the first round of Flushing Meadows.
Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud against the smell of marijuana
20250827 Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates his victory over USA’s Zachary Svajda at the conclusion of their men’s singles second round tennis match on day four of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New Yo
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“It’s the worst in New York. It is everywhere, even here on the courts. It is quite annoying to be playing, tired, and that a few meters Casper Ruudnumber 12 ATP that dispatched Sebastian Ofner and then eliminated with Romanian Raphael Collingnon.
In the same tune he opined Novak Djokovic: “Of course he feels everywhere. In fact, he feels more than anywhere else. Some bothers them more, others less, I don’t like that smell personally eitherbut here it is allowed. ”
Nole won his first two games and will face the British Cameron Norrie in Third Round.
