Jelena Ostapenko apologized via Instagram on Saturday for her comments to Taylor Townsend.

Ostapenko lost to Townsend in their second-round match at the US Open on Wednesday. The two drew attention due to their exchange during the post-match handshake. Ostapenko talked with Townsend about her etiquette, which Ostapenko questioned.

After the exchange, Townsend said that Ostapenko had claimed the American player had no class and no education . Ostapenko tried to clear things up via a post on her Instagram Live page on Saturday.

“Hi all – I wanted to apologize for some of the things I said during my second-round singles match. English is not my native language, so when I said education, I was speaking only about what I believe as tennis etiquette, but I understand how the words I used co

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