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Jelena Ostapenko Issued An Apology After Insulting Taylor Townsend At The US Open

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If you're a tennis fan — or, if you've been online at all in the last few days — you're probably aware of what took place between Jelena Ostapenko and Taylor Townsend at the US Open earlier this week.

If you missed it, here's the rundown: After Taylor defeated Jelena in a second-round matchup on Wednesday, Aug. 27, the pair got in a heated argument courtside in which Jelena said Taylor had "no class" and "no education."

According to CNN, Jelena initially claimed that she was specifically referring to the finer points of tennis etiquette — specifically, a moment in their match in which Taylor failed to apologize after a net cord assisted in one of her earned points.