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Taylor Townsend let out a roar after upsetting No. 25-ranked Jelena Ostapenko, 7-5, 6-1, in her second-round match at the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

But a face-to-face confrontation between the two competitors at center court was the biggest story coming out of Court 11.

Townsend said that Ostapenko, a Latvian native who has a French Open title under her belt from 2017, said she has "no class" and "no education."

Townsend, who is Black, was asked by a reporter if Ostapenko’s comments at the net had racial undertones.

"I didn’t take it in that way, but also, you know, that has been a stigma in our community of being ‘not educated’ and all of the things, when it’s the furthest thing from the truth," Townsend replied.

"So,

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