The former champion of Roland Garros cursed at female colleagues

ending 1 hour 18 minutes of play, Ostapenko lost to the host representative Townsend 5-7, 1-6 on August 28. The two sides still shook hands after the battle, but Ostapenko immediately showed an angry attitude with the pressing words aimed at the opponent to hold the 139 world. Both players fighting in the booing from all over the stands. "I was eagerly waiting until then. I used to defeat her in Canada, a place outside the United States, so wait for her to say anything else ".

Townsend, who eliminates Ostapenko in the third round of the Canadian expansion last year, added that the defeat was often angry and someone was willing to say insults. The recorded images showed that Townsend also responded fiercely, saying that Ostapenko should learn to accept more professional defeats.

towards Ostapenko, the Roland Garros 2017 champion denied the allegations of the Townsend racism with the explanation: "I said that she was disrespectful in the situation of not having a key point in the game. But she said nothing to apologize. The 28 -year -old also confirmed that she never had a discrimination thought and always respected people regardless of nationality and skin color. Last year, she refused to shake hands against Victoria Azarenka. In 2022, Ostapenko was fined $ 10,000 for the destruction of the referee's seat in Wimbledon. And at the Grand Slam of Co Co in 2021, the former five world five were accused of being injured by Ajla Tomljanovic. Ostapenko then called TMLJANOVIC "The worst player " of WTA.