If you are a fans of tennis – or if you are on the Internet in the past few days – you are likely to be aware of what happened between Jelena Ostapenko and Taylor Townsund in the US Open Championship earlier this week.
If you miss it, here is the hard -line: After Taylor Gilina defeated a match from the second round on Wednesday, August 27, the couple got hot arguments where Gillina has in it He said Taylor was “no separation” and “no education”.
according to CNNGilina initially claimed that she was particularly referring to the exact points of tennis etiquette – specifically, a moment in her match that Taylor failed to apologize after a net wire that helped in one of her acquired points. “There are some rules of tennis followed by most players and were (the first time that this happened to me on a tour,” and according to what was reported on social media. “If I played in her homeland, this does not mean that she can act and do what she wants.”
The reverse reaction in the tennis world was quickly. Tennis star Naomi Osaka He said Representatives about the accident, “I think it is clear that it is one of the worst things you can tell the black tennis player in a majority white sport. I gave, I know Taylor and know how difficult it is to work and know how intelligence is, so I don’t think so. Amin.”
Now, Gilina is on her comments. “I wanted to apologize for some of the things that I said during the individual match in the second round,” she wrote in a statement published. IG story. “The English language is not my native language, so when I said education, I was only talking about what I think is tennis etiquette, but I understand how the words that many people have used outside the tennis field can be offended.”
“I appreciate support with continued learning and growth as a player and tennis. Goodbye to New York and I look forward to returning next year.”
Taylor, for her part, He said Correspondents yesterday that she did not hear from Gilina personally – and she did not have enough time to read her apology, because she is still competing in the open United States (unlike Gillina).
“I have no time to take advantage of what happened in it and what you say,” Taylor said, adding, “I haven’t seen anything. I didn’t know, I don’t know what I said. But I am still here. So I am happy because she has time to be able to do this.”