And beginning imminently in that clash with Naomi Osaka is... Jelena Ostapenko. Ostapenko, the bundle of contradictions. A former French Open champion — with a dreadful overall Roland Garros record. A ...

Subscribe to The Athletic using our latest discount code here. Getty Images Jelena Ostapenko, as The Athletic's Charlie Eccleshare writes, is a bundle of contradictions: a former French Open champion ...

After American Taylor Townsend defeated Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia at the U.S. Open, they had a heated on-court exchange where Townsend said Ostapenko told her she has "no class" and "no education." ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. One of the strangest head-to-heads in tennis got a little bit stranger last ...

Latvian tennis player Jelena Ostapenko has apologized for her outburst at the U.S. Open after attracting significant criticism. After losing against Taylor Townsend, 29, on Wednesday, Ostapenko, 28, ...

NEW YORK — What might have been a straightforward, celebratory moment amid a landmark summer for American Taylor Townsend instead became a heated meeting at the net Wednesday at the U.S. Open.

Everyone stay calm, it’s happening: The most ambitious crossover event in sports and music history is officially underway. After getting a shoutout from former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko ...

The talk of the U.S. Open since Wednesday has been the post-match altercation between American Taylor Townsend and world No. 25 Jeļena Ostapenko, in which a heated argument broke out between the two ...

Jelena Ostapenko and Taylor Townsend had a heated confrontation after their second-round U.S. Open match. / The Tennis Letter/Screengrab American Taylor Townsend upset world No. 25 Jeļena Ostapenko ...

Latvian athlete Jelena Ostapenko seems to have reignited her feud with her American opponent, Taylor Townsend. Both athletes are currently competing in the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup in Shenzen, China.

Jelena Ostapenko apologized on Saturday, taking to social media after her US Open incident with Taylor Townsend, following her second-round loss in which she said Townsend, who is black, had “no ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jelena Ostapenko apologised for some of the words she used in a tense altercation with American Taylor Townsend at the U.S. Open that led to a backlash, with the Latvian stating on ...