Things got tense at the U.S. Open on Wednesday when American tennis star Taylor Townsend and Latvian player Jelena Ostapenko got into a heated argument after their second-round match. In videos of the moment, Ostapenko, who lost the match, appeared to tell Townsend she should have said sorry for hitting a net cord, a legal tennis shot in which the ball makes contact with the top of the net. Townsend replied that she didn’t have to apologize. Loud boos from the crowd made it difficult to make out what the players said next, but Ostapenko appeared to tell Townsend she had “no education.” In response, per the Athletic , Townsend told her she should “learn how to take a loss better.”

In a post-match interview with ESPN , Townsend spoke about the incident, saying “people get upset when

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