If you are a fan of tennis – or if you were on the Internet in the last few days – you probably know What happened Between Elena Ostapenko and Taylor Townsend on US Open at the beginning of this week.
If you missed this, here is a short presentation: after Taylor defeated Elena in the match of the second round on Wednesday, August 27, the couple got into a hot argument in the court, in which Elena said Taylor had “no class” and “no education”.
In accordance with CNNInitially, Elena said that she specifically referred to thinner points of tennis etiquette – in particular, the moment in their match, in which Taylor did not apologize after the network cord, which helps in one of her earned points. “There are some rules in the tennis that most players follow, and it was (for the first time that it happened to me in the tour,” she said, she said on social networks. “If she plays in her homeland, this does not mean that she can behave and do everything she wants.”
The resulting negative reaction in the tennis world was, for obvious reasons, Swift. Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka said Reporters regarding the incident: “I think that, obviously, this is one of the worst things that you can say black tennis player in white sports with the majority. And, if I know, I know that Taylor and I know how diligently she worked, and I know how smart she is, so she is the most distant thing from uneducated or something like that … But if you like that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think about what I think about what I think that I think that I think that I am thinking about what I think about what I am thinking about I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think that I think about what I think about. Be honest. “
Now Elena is returning to her comments. “Hello everyone, I wanted to apologize for some of the things that I said during my second round match,” she wrote in a statement published to her History of IGThe field “English is not my native language, therefore, when I said education, I only talked about what I consider tennis etiquette, but I understand how the words that I used could offend many people outside the tennis court.”
“I appreciate support because I continue to study and grow as a person and tennis player. Goodbye New York And I look forward to the opportunity to return next year. ”
Taylor, for his part, said Yesterday, reporters that she did not hear from Elena personally – at the same time she did not have time to read her apologies, because she was still competing at the opening of the United States (unlike, in particular, Elena).
“I don’t have time for what is happening and what she says,” Taylor said, later adding: “I have not seen anything. I did not know, I don't know what she said. But I'm still here. I am glad that she has time to be able to do this. “
