Naomi Osaka blasts Jelena Ostapenko after alleged comments in a heated exchange with Taylor Townsend at the US Open.

Taylor Townsend says Jelena Ostapenko told her she has "no class" and "no education" after the American beat her in the US Open second round.

“She told me I have no class," Townsend said in an on-court interview after her 7-5, 6-1 victory.

Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko were involved in a heated exchange at the end of their second-round match on Wednesday

The pair shook hands after their game and then Townsend appeared to take offence at what Ostapenko was saying

U.S. Open opponents Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko got into a face-to-face argument on the Court 11 sideline right after their second-round match ended.

Ostapenko unleashed a verbal volley at her American opponent for being disrespectful during their second-round match.

Jelena Ostapenko und Taylor Townsend liefern sich nach ihrem Spiel bei den US-Open ein Wortgefecht am Netz. Offenbar fällt sogar eine Drohung. Ostapenko sieht sich im Anschluss…

Japanese wades into racism row and claims Latvian’s ‘no class, no education’ barb to Taylor Townsend is not ‘craziest thing she has said’

NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka said using words like “no education” and “no class” to criticize a Black tennis player were among the worst things to say as the debate over a heated row…

Naomi Osaka says Jelena Ostapenko's comments to Taylor Townsend about her having "no class" and "no education" was "one of the worst things you could say to a black tennis player".

Japanese grand slam winner says the Latvian’s comments to Taylor Townsend were among ‘the worst things you can say to a black tennis player’.

Naomi Osaka blasts Jelena Ostapenko after alleged comments in a heated exchange with Taylor Townsend at the US Open.

The Latvian’s barb that Taylor Townsend had ‘no education’ after the American won their US Open match has been strongly criticised

Il battibecco di fine partita tra la lettone Jelena Ostapenko e la statunitense Taylor Townsend continua ad aver strascichi: Naomi Osaka in conferenza stampa ha accusato la…

Taylor Townsend progresses at US Open but focus remains on allegations from heated confrontation with Jelena Ostapenko.

Osaka went on to suggest that this wasn’t the “craziest thing” Ostapenko has said over the course of her career.

The Latvian said that her comment referred only to tennis etiquette in a statement that did not name or acknowledge Townsend.

Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko says "English is not my first language" after telling American opponent Taylor Townsend she has "no education".

Jelena Ostapenko has apologized on social media for telling Taylor Townsend she had “no education” after losing to her at the U.S. Open earlier in the week.

‘When I said education, I was speaking only about what I believe as tennis etiquette,’ Ostapenko said on social media.