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WTA Finals live: Amanda Anisimova stuns Iga Swiatek to book semi-finals place

Amanda Anisimova joins group winner Elena Rybakina in the semi-finals after knocking Iga Swiatek out of the tournament

The Independent UK

Hon the ball again: Aussie earns big win at China Open

Priscilla Hon has continued her brilliant China Open with a straight-sets hammering of former French Open champ Jelena Ostapenko.

AAP

Taylor Townsend Issues Apology for Critical Comments Made About Chinese Food

Townsend is currently playing in the Chinese city of Shenzhen for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

Sports Illustrated

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Once body-shamed by the USTA, Taylor Townsend became the US Open’s people’s champ

Townsend turned a fraught history with the USTA into triumph, leaving New York as the unexpected star and the defining figure of this year’s US Open

The Guardian - US

Gabriela Dabrowski lifts US Open title just over a year after battling cancer

The Canadian was diagnosed with breast cancer last spring and needed two operations.

The Independent UK

Tearful Taylor Townsend spurns eight match points as Barbora Krejcikova pulls off great escape

The American’s headline-making run was ended in cruel fashion at Flushing Meadows.

The Independent UK

US Open: Alcaraz wins, Krejcikova beats Townsend after saving eight match points – as it happened

Carlos Alcaraz sparkled as he reached the quarter-finals, Jessica Pegula advanced too and Barbora Krejcikova escaped to victory against Taylor Townsend

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Taylor Townsend and Ann Li reach fourth round of 2025 US Open

Taylor Townsend and Ann Li reach fourth round of 2025 US Open. We look at their great success at Flushing Meadows and what is ahead.

The Sports Daily

Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Ostapenko: why does anger keep boiling over at US Open?

Players’ tempers have frequently flared at Flushing Meadows, with end of season tension and boisterous New York crowds offered as explanations

The Guardian - UK

Jelena Ostapenko Releases Statement Apologizing for Behavior Toward Taylor Townsend

Jelena Ostapenko apologized after saying Taylor Townsend had "no class" and "no education."

Sports Illustrated

Jelena Ostapenko apologises for ‘no education’ comment to Taylor Townsend

The Latvian accused her American opponent of having no education and no class

The Independent UK

The unwritten rules of tennis and why postmatch handshakes sometimes go awry at the US Open

Two episodes at this year's U.S. Open have shown that not every postmatch handshake in tennis goes well

The Independent UK

Townsend through but Ostapenko and tennis in spotlight at US Open

Taylor Townsend progresses at US Open but focus remains on allegations from heated confrontation with Jelena Ostapenko.

Al Jazeera

Taylor Townsend continues to impress with straight sets win over Mirra Andreeva

The American put the Jelena Ostapenko controversy behind her with a brilliant performance.

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The Guardian - US

‘It’s bigger than me’: Taylor Townsend topples No 5 Andreeva in US Open shock

Taylor Townsend upset No 5 seed Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-2 at the US Open, capping a week in which she became an unexpected star of the tournament

Al Jazeera

Ostapenko’s US Open words to Townsend ‘worst to say to Black tennis player’

Naomi Osaka blasts Jelena Ostapenko after alleged comments in a heated exchange with Taylor Townsend at the US Open.

Sports Illustrated

Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka Weigh in on Taylor Townsend-Jelena Ostapenko Altercation

The heated argument between Townsend and Ostapenko has been the talk of the U.S. Open.

The Independent UK

Racism storm overshadows US Open as Naomi Osaka joins criticism of Ostapenko’s ‘no education’ comment

‘It’s one of the worst things you can say to a black tennis player in a majority white sport,’ Osaka said

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Tennis champion demands simple dignity after drowning in sea of outrage and accusations

Things got really heated after the match ended.

Sports Illustrated

Ostapenko’s Poor Sportsmanship Overshadowed Townsend’s Career Win at U.S. Open

A heated handshake at the net and the ensuing drama took away from one of the bigger singles victories of the doubles expert’s career.

International Business Times UK

Taylor Townsend Mocked for Saying New York Is 'Outside the US' After Ostapenko Called Her Uneducated

Taylor Townsend clashed with Jelena Ostapenko at the US Open after being called 'uneducated', before joking she had beaten her 'outside the US' in New York.

Sports Illustrated

Aryna Sabalenka Defends Jelena Ostapenko Amid U.S. Open Controversy

Sabalenka said she spoke to Ostapenko after her match Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Jelena Ostapenko rejects racism claims after fiery exchange with Taylor Townsend

Townsend was asked in her press conference if Jelena Ostapenko’s post-match comments carried racial undertones.

The Independent UK

Jalena Ostapenko responds to accusations of racism after allegedly calling Taylor Townsend ‘uneducated’ in heated US Open clash

Some social media users accused Ostapenko of using racist tropes to attack her opponent

AAP

Quite a racquet as Open rivals exchange verbal volleys

Crunching on-court groundstrokes were followed by vicious verbal volleys on the sidelines as tempers flared at the US Open in New York.

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