Ostapenko calls for action against opposing coach during US Open doubles match

Jelena Ostapenko urged the chair umpire to discipline the opposing coach during a heated third-round doubles match at the US Open.

Ostapenko accused the coach of trash-talking and shouting the players’ mistakes in Chinese. She said her partner, Su-wei Hsieh, translated the exchange and described the conduct as disrespectful.

The coach’s response was not included in the Yahoo Sports report, and the alleged comments were not independently established in the available source material. The coach was also not identified.

Ostapenko and Hsieh, the No. 4 seeds, won 6-4, 6-4 against Maya Joint and Hao-Ching Chan to reach the quarter-finals. They were scheduled to face Elise Mertens and Diana Shnaider next.

Chan and Joint had reportedly defeated Venus and Serena Williams in the first round. The report also said Chan did not shake Hsieh’s hand after the match, although the circumstances of the interaction were not independently verified.

The incident follows Ostapenko’s verbal confrontation with Taylor Townsend after a 2025 US Open match, for which Ostapenko later apologised.