'It's comical' - Townsend slaps down Ostapenko after 'no class' jibe - video Dailymotion

Jelena Ostapenko laid into Townsend after the Latvian lost their second round match

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00:00She told me that I have no education, no class,

00:03and to see what happens if we play each other outside of the US.

00:06And I said, you know, I'm excited. Bring it.

00:08You know, I've never been the one to back down from anything like that.

00:13But honestly, laugh at it. I think it's comical.

00:16And, you know, I think that it's kind of funny,

00:18because, you know, to then go online and have to justify what you said,

00:22you honestly, you obviously feel some type of way

00:24and feel like you have to give an explanation for how you acted.

00:27I don't feel like I have to explain how I acted.

00:29I think it was very self-explanatory.

00:30So, you know, I'm standing in what I said.