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The American tennis star, Taylor Townsend China Before the final of the Billie Jean King Cup in Shenzhen.
In a video published on Tuesday on his Instagram stories, the High -classified double player approached the controversy, which started when she made derogatory comments on a dinner buffet in a series of previous messages on the social media platform.
Taylor Townsend in action against Mirra Andreeva during the third round of female singles at the US Open 2025 at the Arthur Ashe stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York, August 29, 2025. (Mike Frey / Imagn images)
“I just wanted to come here and sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart. I understand that I am so privileged as a professional adult to be able to travel all over the world and to discover the cultural differences, which is one of the things that I love so much about what I do,” she started.
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“I only had the most incredible experience and time here, and the tournament and everyone was so kind and so graceful, and the things I said were not at all representative, and I really wanted to apologize.
“There are no excuses, there are no words, and for me-I will be better,” she continued. “I am really, really grateful to my country to be able to represent them and be better, and that’s all I can do. So, I really apologize.”
Townsend, 29, has published videos of local dishes, including Ouaouarons and Turtles and joked, she would need to “talk to HR” about food quality.
Taylor Townsend reacts after missing a shot against Barbora Krejcikikova (not illustrated) on the eighth day of the American open Tennis championships 2025 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York, August 31, 2025. (Geoff Burke / Imagn Images)
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Townsend is the double classified player n ° 1 and won two Grand Chelem titles in doubles, at Australian Open In January and Wimbledon in 2024.
In 2021, wrestler and actor John Cena apologized similar apologies After being criticized in China for calling Taiwan a country while promoting a film on a Taiwanese broadcaster.
His comments sparked an immediate reaction in China, which prompted him to go to the Chinese social media site Weibo and apologize to Mandarin. He then shared the same video on X (formerly Twitter).
Taylor Townsend famous after winning the first set against Mirra Andreeva (not illustrated) on the sixth day of the US Open 2025 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York, August 29, 2025. (Geoff Burke / Imagn Images)
Townsend is in China for the Billie Jean King Cup finals in Shenzhen. The United States is expected to play Kazakhstan in the quarter-final on Thursday.
