Ostapenko blows up at opposing coach during heated doubles clash at US Open

[p]The fourth seeds beat ‌Australian-Taiwanese pair [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joint-maya/AqLslEIk/"]Maya Joint[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chan-hao-ching/xEP5jAtb/"]Chan Hao-ching[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/hsieh-s-w-xEwwLD1l/ostapenko-j-Gloq9MUN/?mid=lG89YkNj"]6-4, ‌6-4[/a], but tempers flared after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ostapenko-jelena/Gloq9MUN/"]Ostapenko[/a] took ‌exception to the behaviour of their opponents' coach.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hsieh-su-wei/xEwwLD1l/"]Hsieh[/a] had approached the umpire during a changeover, and ‌Ostapenko pointed toward the opposing ⁠team's coach, urging ‌the official to intervene.[/p][p][b]The Latvian said the coach ​had been clapping and shouting after their mistakes, and sarcastically praising their shots ​in Chinese, which Hsieh translated for her.[/b][/p][p]"They do this because they know they cannot ⁠beat us," ​Ostapenko told the umpire, calling the behaviour "very disrespectful" and asking for the presence of a Chinese translator.[/p][embed guid="6f6d9bb9-1b7d-42ae-9d3b-a3b6d45844ca" url="https://x.com/hsieh_n_wong/status/2097070765837541743" social-type="twitter" /][p]After the umpire agreed to deal with ‌the situation, the pair returned to the court and turned up the heat to seal the straight-sets win.[/p][p][b]Ostapenko then celebrated by roaring toward the opposing box while Hsieh and Chan did not shake hands at the end of the fiery encounter.[/b][/p][p]Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open singles champion, has been ‌involved in several on-court disputes.[/p][p]At last year's ​US Open, she accused Taylor Townsend of ‌having "no class" and "no education" in a verbal confrontation with the American.[/p][p]Ostapenko later apologised, saying her choice of words during the exchange had been misunderstood because English ⁠was not her ⁠first language.[/p][infobox id="3dc51b3a-107f-482b-9173-a97d347ef1b3" /]