Jelena Ostapenko apologized for some of the words she used during a heated argument with American Taylor Townsend at the US Open, which caused a backlash when the Latvian claimed that English was not her native tongue.
After their handshake, Townsend, a Black woman, defeated 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko 7-5, 6-1 in a close second-round match.
In an on-court interview, Townsend claimed Ostapenko had accused her of having “no class” and “no education,” and that the Latvian would have to respond if the row had “racial undertones.”
Ostapenko claimed on Instagram that Townsend’s refusal to apologize for clipping the net caused her to feel anger and that she was being disrespectful.
Following traditional customs of the game, the majority of players typically raise their racket in applause after claiming such a point.
Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, said using the words used by Ostapenko were the worst words to use against a Black player in the altercation, prompting the Japanese player to join in the discussion.
Ostapenko apologized on Saturday for some of the things I said during my second-round singles game.
Because English is not my native language, I was only talking about what I thought was proper tennis etiquette when I said education, but I am aware that many people could have been offended by the words I used.
I appreciate your encouragement as I continue to learn and develop as a player and person.
Townsend later expressed gratitude for Ostapenko’s apology.
” That’s fine. That’s cool, she continued. In the end, I believe that she learned that you can’t set unrealistic expectations on others. That is what transpired.
She complained that she expected me to respond in a certain way, but I didn’t, which infuriated her and made her say things that were offensive, belligerent, and hurtful to both myself and the people I try to represent as best as I can.
One of the nicest people she knew, according to American Coco Gauff, Townsend will face Barbora Krejcikova in the fourth round.
Townsend claimed that the incident had led to a lot of information being shared with her.
There are many well-known faces present, but many people “maybe didn’t realize who I was,” she said.
Hayley Tamaddon, a former Emmerdale and Coronation Street actress, has endorsed a charity that provides primary schools with essential food items like cereal, bagels, bread, and milk.
Despite being told she would never be able to have children, Hayley Tamaddon and son Jasper continue to live together.
From the drama of Coronation Street and Emmerdale to her dazzling routines on Dancing On Ice , Hayley Tamaddon has been on our TV screens for 20 years. Today, the single mum is channelling her energy into a cause close to her heart — fighting to ensure every child in the UK has a decent breakfast before school.
Hayley, 48, who played Delilah ‘Del’ Dingle in Emmerdale and Andrea Beckett in Coronation Street , has teamed up with Magic Breakfast — a charity that provides primary schools with essential food items, including cereal, bagels, bread and milk.
She says, “No child in the UK should attend school with an empty stomach.” Eat breakfast to boost children’s brains and muscles, as the saying goes goes. They feel more included and independent by joining breakfast clubs as well. There are “so many advantages”
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Hayley Tamaddon has been a 20-year veteran of television for us.
It’s something she incredibly passionate about as the mother of 5-year-old Jasper. It breaks my heart to live in a world where not every child eats breakfast. I tell Jasper I’m fortunate, but I’d like someone to assist me if I ever really struggle.
The government is piloting breakfast clubs across primary schools in England, but the measures don’t yet cover the whole nation. It also doesn’t include all special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) providers or children aged over 11.
What about secondary school students whose families may be struggling? adds Hayley. Why can’t we feed every child, whether they’re five or fifteen, given that the cost of living is skyrocketing? I want to be involved because Universal Provision is a goal of Magic Breakfast.
Campaigning is a bit of a sea change for Blackpool-based Hayley, who appeared in Emmerdale from 2005 to 2007 and Corrie between 2013 and 2015. The veteran actress became a household name after playing Del Dingle on Emmerdale for two years, before going on to appear in a string of shows including Shameless and Waterloo Road.
Hayley is making child advocacy efforts.
She’d never rule out returning, even though her last appearance was when she left the cobbles for a new life in Jersey. In a heartbeat, she declares, “I’d return to either soap.”
In 2010, Hayley won the fifth series of Dancing On Ice with skating partner Daniel Whiston, and when the pair returned for Champion Of Champions in 2014, she was filming Corrie at the same time.
Last year, Hayley’s son Jasper was also rushed to hospital. The star who also appeared on Coronation Street told her followers that the tot “couldn’t stop being sick”. She informed fans that he was having “lots of tests” as medical experts attempted to get to the bottom of his illness.
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Jasper was admitted to a ward following his trip and was placed on an IV drip. Meanwhile, Hayley herself suffered another scary diagnosis in 2022, having been diagnosed with viral meningitis.
Visit magicbreakfast.com for more details and to donate to help with Magic Breakfast.
After splitting up earlier this year, actress Jacqueline Jossa and her husband Dan Osborne rekindled their relationship, and they are more in love than ever.
A turbulent relationship has existed between Jacqueline Jossa and Dan Osborne.
Jacqueline Jossa and Dan Osborne are determined to have a “drama-free marriage” now they’re back together, a source tells new.
EastEnders actress Jacqueline, 32, and former TOWIE star Dan, 34, announced their shock split and even sold the family home earlier this year, but now the outlook appears brighter for the couple, who were pictured enjoying some end-of-summer fun in the Canary Islands with their daughters Ella, 10, and Mia, seven.
Our source exclusively says that there is only one reason as to why Jacqueline is getting back with Dan, as the pair look more loved-up than ever on a romantic holiday to Gran Canaria.
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Ella, 10, and Mia, 7, are the parents of Jac and Dan.
Our source says former I’m A Celeb winner Jacqueline is so keen to keep the family together she wants to try again with Dan.
They have even been rumored to be considering renewing their engagements. Although it’s been discussed before, a large number of people believe this to be the right time. They have put in a lot of effort, and Jac has done a lot to help her learn to forgive him. She will fight valiantly to keep her family together because she is a tough cookie.
Dan has grown up a lot over the past few years, and he wasn’t the first person to lose sight of that fact. He has. However, he has already learned his lesson and wants to “clean up” her life.
The couple’s eight-year marriage has frequently been dogged by rumours of Dan’s alleged infidelity, and it seemed there was no going back when they confirmed their separation in March and asked for “respect and privacy”.
They emphasized that their daughters would continue to be “love and care-free” as their top priority. Above all, Jacqueline and Dan are concerned about their children’s best interests.
Suggestions that all was not well first sprung up when their six-bedroom “forever home” went on the market in summer 2024, despite them overseeing three years of painstaking renovations. It finally sold for £1.6 million this spring, when it was also reported they had both removed their wedding rings.
In 2013, Jacqueline and Dan first started dating.
At the time, rumours were flying that Dan had “secretly” bought a bachelor’s pad behind his wife’s back, and had already moved out of the family home. However, Jacqueline – who plays Lauren Branning in EastEnders – hit back at the speculation, telling her followers the flat was an “investment”. She also insisted that she and Dan were “talking constantly, there is no big feud”, before adding, “stop looking for one”.
In 2013, Jacqueline and Dan first started dating.. They welcomed baby Ella in February 2015, and got engaged the same year. They tied the knot in a lavish ceremony at a manor house in Cheshire in June 2017, where they were joined by a host of celeb pals.
“I am the luckiest man in the world to be marrying the woman of my dreams,” Dan said at the time. Their second daughter, Mia, was born in June 2018.
The pair celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary and start with a luxurious hotel in London on June 1st, 2018.
A royal expert predicts that Prince Harry’s relationship with the duchess, who recently opened up to Tan France about family life, will have to make “a very difficult choice” about her children if he builds bridges in London.
This month, Harry will make his first trip to London.
With growing speculation that the Duke of Sussex and King Charles could be about to take the first step towards reconciliation, a royal expert says the Duchess of Sussex may be forced to make an “exceedingly difficult choice” when it comes to her children.
Harry, 40, is due to arrive in London for a charity event on 8 September and it’s been reported that a “line of communication” has been opened between the duke’s team and Buckingham Palace, and there is “every hope” the trip will include a meeting with his dad, 76.
The pair haven’t been in the same room since Charles’s cancer diagnosis in February last year, and royal expert Duncan Larcombe predicts any potential bridge building could result in some difficult conversations with Meghan back at home.
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Harry could have a meeting with his father as a result of his travels.
Last week, the former Suits actress, 44, revealed she was left feeling “not well” after spending almost three weeks apart from Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, so the prospect of her children being part of Harry’s family reconciliation is unlikely to sit well with her.
Meghan clearly dislikes being apart from her children, and when Harry and Meghan arrive in the UK, they are held responsible for snubbing Britain as a result, Duncan claims. She wants to be a hands-on mother, but she was never willing to make the sacrifice that royal mothers do.
Meghan will ultimately have to make an extremely difficult choice if Harry starts reconciling with his family over here, which is hopefully a “when” not an “if.” Does she go with Harry and look the people in the eye, which will be difficult? Or does she permit Harry to travel with the kids and stay away?
“If it’s the latter, Meghan would miss the kids, and Meghan herself would interpret it as a massive snub,” she said, adding that the rift then shifts to her rather than Harry. If Harry is prepared to bury the hatchet, she will have to make some potentially difficult choices.
Meghan’s “not well” confession came on the second series of her Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, which dropped last week. While chatting to celebrity guest Queer Eye star Tan France about family, she said the longest she’d been away from the youngsters was “almost three weeks”, adding,
“I was… not well”. Although she didn’t specify when, it is widely believed to have occurred shortly before Queen Elizabeth II’s passing in September of that year.
The Windsor Castle walkabout following the Queen’s death was the last time Meghan was seen with Harry and her brother and sister-in-law, William and Kate, and the last official royal duty she performed. In the years since, Harry has repeatedly said he doesn’t want to bring his wife or children to the UK because he worries for their safety.
He mentioned the possibility of attacks on Meghan in particular last year, saying, “And whether it’s with a knife or with an acid, these are things that really bother me.” One of the reasons I won’t bring my wife back to this country is because of it.
This week, the second season of Meghan’s Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, aired on Netflix.
The purpose of Harry’s London trip is to attend WellChild Awards, on 8 September, but in relation to a possible face-to-face with Charles, a source said last week, “This is not about grand gestures or set-piece meetings – it’s about a simple conversation between a father and his son.”
Harry may soften his stance toward the children if it does occur, according to Duncan, but adds that Meghan will “always fight for her family, to keep them together,” making it unlikely to work.
He claims that Harry will recall what he gave up when he travels to the UK. He will be bitterly let down by the lack of opportunities for his own children to meet that grandfather. Harry’s visits to Britain only serve to reinforce his sense of loss and that he will want to deal with it in some way.
There is a real desire to end this rift as soon as possible and to meet, according to the press. The King will be the key figure in that regard. Harry will obviously have to have conversations with Meghan about what they do with the children because Charles will want to give them that.
As with the first series, Meghan’s second instalment of her lifestyle show has failed to win over lots of the critics so far, despite the A-list guest list and expectations of a few peeks behind the curtain of their Californian life. Duncan says that from the few personal insights we’ve had from Meghan over the years, there is a lot about her that “is very incompatible with being a royal”.
He claims that Meghan had a lifetime of servitude before getting married to Harry. However, we’ve seen that she has a burning desire to pursue a career and earn money, and that is not compatible with being a royal wife. We’ve come to know Meghan a little bit more, and we’ve seen that she’s incredibly ambitious and strong in the best ways. She also has strong opinions that she is unfazed to voice, which is completely unacceptable.
Meghan last saw Harry, her brother, and sister-in-law, William and Kate, at Windsor Castle after the queen’s passing.
“People like Sophie and Kate, and in some ways Zara, have a tendency to be quiet.” They act subordinate to the royal firm in some ways.
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Meghan’s opinions on being apart from her children, he adds, are especially at-odds with the reality of being a “royal mum”. “If you’ve got children and you’re a senior member of the royal family, your biggest challenge is to stop them growing up in a prison,” he says.
Kate, for instance, cannot simply visit the stores with George. They must bring security personnel with them, there must be some planning, and they must always be mobbed by the crowd. Meghan is not that.
With their retaliation and winning at the US Open, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have shown they are only human, demonstrating that even the best players in the world sometimes have to figure things out on their own.
Swiatek, the reigning champion at Wimbledon, lived up to the day’s theme of triumph through adversity, coming back from a 5-1 deficit in the opening set against Anna Kalinskaya to earn a 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory in their third-round encounter on Saturday.
Swiatek expressed his satisfaction that I returned and continued to “figure out” and solve problems. It wasn’t an easy match, to be sure.
The world no. 2 had a far cry from her sharpest performance in a sluggish, error-strewn contest; nine breaks and 67 unforced errors were combined to depict a match won through sheer bloody-mindedness rather than sublime shot-making.
Swiatek held her own in the crucial moments, saving four set points in the opening set and breaking late in the second to claim her 20th major match victory and draw level with Aryna Sabalenka, the reigning champion and world number one.
Finding the solutions and the specific thing that will help you can sometimes be challenging, she continued.
You must be able to consider what you can do with your mind open. In terms of that, I would say that today was a pretty good day because, you know, at 5-1 or something, it’s easy to panic, which I didn’t.
Her reward is a meeting with Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 13th seed, in the last 16.
The 27th seeded Denis Shapovalov was the subject of a similar display of resolve when the world number one showed up, winning 5-7,6-4,6-3,6-3.
The victory extended the 24-year-old Italian’s unbeaten streak to 24 hardcourt Grand Slam matches, a streak that was fueled not just by talent but also by his capacity to problem-solve when his best tennis fails to match his best form.
I am not a machine, I am aware. In their first meeting of the 2021 Australian Open, Sinner was beaten by the Canadian in the opening round of the event.
“Every match is very challenging,” he said. Every challenge is challenging.
He is one of the players who “has more qualities or potential,” he says. I merely made an effort to remain there mentally.
Denis Shapovalov [Elsa/Getty Images via AFP] Jannik Sinner defeated him after a set-up.
Zverev loses control once more.
Not everyone’s top seeds came up with the same winning formula.
With a set-dancing victory over Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, world number three Alexander Zverev, who was chasing his first Grand Slam title, was overcome by the German 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-4, ending his tournament in frustration.
As the match drew to a close, Zverev slammed his racquet in disbelief as Auger-Aliassime’s fearless shot-making turned the tables.
Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff have set up a fourth-round showdown that will dominate the tournament’s second week, making it the most intriguing battle of wills to come as it approaches.
In her most impressive performance of the week, Gauff defeated Poland’s Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-1 while four-time major champion Osaka overcame a midmatch slump to defeat 15th seed Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
A charismatic showdown between two charismatic former champions six years after their memorable first encounter at Flushing Meadows could not have been planned better for US fans.
In a show of sportsmanship that delighted the crowd, defending champion Osaka defeated tearful 15-year-old Gauff 6-3, 6-0, before comforting her and urging her to address fans in the stadium.
Gauff said, “It would be a cool kind of deja vu type of situation, but hopefully it will result in a different outcome.”
Coco and Naomi reunite in Round 4 of the photo after their initial encounter in NYC. twitter.com/SzSKAbnCFh
Venus Williams, 45, and Leylah Fernandez, both from Canada, won their first tournament together 7-6 (1), 6-1, over Ulrikke Eikeri and Eri Hozumi, demonstrating the theme of experience and determination.
In five sets, Andrey Rublev’s fairytale run ended Coleman Wong’s run in Hong Kong.
Following Ben Shelton’s hiccup-related exit the day before, there were three more retirements in the men’s draw on Saturday.
When their rivals finally threw the towel on Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti, and Leandro Riedi, a 435th-ranked Swiss qualifier, moved on.
On a budget of £20,000, is it possible to attend all 24 Grand Prix this season despite the pricey enough to attend just one Formula 1 race? One British fan believes it can be accomplished.
In March, Brandon Burgess, 29, embarked on an epic journey through 21 nations and five continents. He aims to inspire fans by allowing them to participate in what many consider to be a wealthy man’s game.
At the Dutch Grand Prix, Burgess, who has been a fan since she was two, tells BBC Sport, “It’s been my ultimate dream.”
It’s a commitment that I had to put in a good week of work. But then I realized, “I’ll never do it if I don’t do it right away.”
I don’t really have a lot of responsibilities because I’m young. I’m like, “If I don’t do it this year, then life changes and moves on.”
Burgess’ issue is that he only takes his annual 28 days of leave from his job at a tech company in London, which is another con.
Following the Budapest Grand Prix, which was round 14, Burgees’ total was £9,221, with 12 days of his typical annual vacation time still left.
He claims that the triple-headers and back-to-back grands prix are driven solely by adrenaline, and the following Italian Grand Prix will be held in Monza in a week.
Burgess chooses how many days to attend each event due to limited funds. For instance, he has chosen to participate in both Saturday’s qualifying and Sunday’s race in the Netherlands.
Brandon Burgess
Burgess is putting his savings to use to pay for his travels, and he is a youth. He is currently in good health and on course to finish his mission.
Although the campaign’s European leg has greatly helped, he cautions that “it’s going to be very tight.”
So, there are eight flyaways, two more Europe races, and Zandvoort, which are going to hurt the most. So I’m attempting to fill in the remaining space with the flyaways.
This is a tight time for the budget spreadsheet because, among others, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil, and Las Vegas are still to come before the Abu Dhabi finale in December.
According to what I’ve booked, I’ve already done rough calculations in terms of the money. But I’m still not entirely familiar with food and transportation. It will be close to £20K, Burgess claims, “perhaps just under, maybe just over.”
making friends all over the world
Brandon Burgess
Burgess has won money back at Zandvoort this weekend by forgoing a capsule hostel. His girlfriend’s attendance in Austria turned out to be a plus. The accommodation costs were split in half. He continues, “I did count it as half, not the entire cost.”
However, he was required to be in and out for the April Japanese Grand Prix to keep costs to a minimum.
He claims that “the Australian Grand Prix and China are related, which helped.” However, Japan actually had a long weekend. I spent three days in Japan before returning for another 20 hours of travel. That is probably the most bizarre so far.
Through his Instagram account, Burgess keeps track of the ups and downs of daily life on the road, which occasionally yields a bed for the night.
I’ve received some offers, but I’m trying to keep it as authentic as possible, he says. He has also become a popular travel advisor among other fans.
Burgess also needs to be strategic about juggling his professional life, with no days off in lieu of absence available at his job to add to his leave tally.
He chose not to fly home from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia in April to lower costs and completed his paid hours at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. After a tiring race return, he is grateful that his job allows him to work from home on some Mondays.
Aston Martin, who had invited Burgess to a garage and paddock tour in Saudi Arabia, saw his challenge. He claims that it was a dream that came true. Another highlight is getting to know other fans, especially if you’re traveling alone.
You have essentially friends from all over the world, Burgess claims. And some of the people I’ve met kept in touch with. So I still chat with some of the people I’ve met in Australia at the start of the season, which is really nice.
A Ferrari grand prix win, especially one for Charles Leclerc, would be a plus, he says, adding that he hasn’t changed since the Schumacher days.
