US Open Day 4 - Ostapenko’s words mar Townsend’s win

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Part one - Women’s results. The big story on day four was Taylor Townsend’s victory over Jelena Ostapenko and, in particular, what Ostapenko said to Townsend. We cover the situation in full, including what unfolded on court, Ostapenko’s statements on Instagram, and the wonderful way Townsend spoke about it all in her press conference.

Elsewhere, there’s chat about a third round match to come between Emma Raducanu and Elena Rybakina, and Aryna Sabalenka extending her career phenomenal tiebreak record.

Part two - Men’s results (32:27). We start with the news that Jack Draper has withdrawn and discuss where he should go from here. Plus, we cover Novak Djokovic’s search for form, Matt tries to convince us that Tomas Machac is happening, and we react to Holger Rune and Casper Ruud both losing in five sets.

Part three - Day 5 order of play (59:56).

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1:11.1	There is still some play going on on Arthur Ash and Louis Armstrong Stadiums,
1:15.3	but rest assured we'll bring you all the important stories from day four of the US Open,
1:20.9	even if that means a 1am, re-record and edit.
1:24.5	But if you're hearing this now, that means that hasn't been necessary.
1:27.4	Hooray for us. And in terms of stories, there's probably not been a bigger one here today
1:34.1	than the one that unfolded on Court 11 earlier on this evening in a match involving Taylor Townsend
1:41.3	and Yelena Osterpenko won by Townsend, 7561, progressing
1:46.7	through to the third round.
1:49.5	We had earmarked this match as a potentially brilliant match and a really, really good time.
1:55.6	And for that reason, David, you were out there for a lot of this and you were having a lot of fun for a while until the closing
2:05.2	stages it and it had felt until that point like we were right in the elaine rostepenko
2:12.1	agrospeeds sweet spot where we wanted to be but things curdled yeah things took a turn and yeah if we if we just
2:20.0	rewind to when i first went out there we'd been on court 17 the three of us together watching
2:26.7	another match that that you'll come on to talk about which which is of interest but i i'd had my eye
2:32.3	on townsend against ossepenko all day really.
2:35.7	And at that point, I mean, things were running quickly. It was three love Osterpenko.
2:40.2	I thought, cricky, if I don't get over there soon, I could miss basically the heart of the match.
2:46.1	So I went over there and by the time I got there, Townsend was working a way back.
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