JELENA OSTAPENKO has denied she was racist in her on-court bust-up with Taylor Townsend at the US Open.

The Latvian tennis star raged following her second-round defeat at Flushing Meadows.

Townsend claimed she was threatened as they shook hands at the net with Ostapenko angrily pointing to the net and then at the Canadian.

Tensions boiled over with the confrontation continuing as Ostapenko packed her racket away, with Townsend appearing to say: "You need to learn how to take a loss better."

As the pair continued to row and seemingly trade insults – their conversation could not be picked up clearly on the nearby umpire mic – fans started booing and showing their displeasure.

Though it did not get physical, it was certainly a heated confrontation following their third professional head-

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