Jelena Ostapenko has said she was ready for “all kinds of simulations” from Anna Kalinskaya during their tense Italian Open meeting Monday. The pair did not shake hands at the end after Ostapenko won ...

Subscribe to The Athletic using our latest discount code here. Jelena Ostapenko, as The Athletic's Charlie Eccleshare writes, is a bundle of contradictions: a former French Open champion — with a ...

On Wednesday, Jelena Ostapenko and Taylor Townsend‘s second-round match at the US Open ended with a heated exchange. Late in the match, Townsend clipped the net cord on a shot, causing it to drop ...

Naomi Osaka is weighing in on the tense exchange that took place between Latvian tennis pro Jelena Ostapenko and American champion Taylor Townsend following their Wednesday, Aug. 27 match at the US ...

Latvian athlete Jelena Ostapenko seems to have reignited her feud with her American opponent, Taylor Townsend. Both athletes are currently competing in the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup in Shenzen, China.

One of the stories to come out of Wednesday's action at the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York City, was the heated match between American tennis star ...

American Taylor Townsend upset world No. 25 Jeļena Ostapenko literally and figuratively in their second round match at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Townsend won the heated contest 7–5, 6–1, leaving ...