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<p>Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.</p>


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Left: Tennis player Taylor Townsend making a disgusted face. Middle: Tennis player Taylor Townsend (USA) in action during round 4 of US Open Championship against Bianca Andreescu (Canada) at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Right: Tennis player Taylor Townsend's Instagram Story screenshot showing a spread of Chinese food. Caption overlay reads, "This is the craziest thing I've ever seen...and people eating this."

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“Aren’t those poisonous?”: Tennis star Taylor Townsend apologizes after mocking “crazy” Chinese food

Left: Latvian Jelena Ostapenko yelling at her U.S. Open opponent American Taylor Townsend. Right: Taylor Townsend on a tennis court talking to an ESPN reporter. Caption overlay reads, ""She told me I have no class, I have no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S."

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“I let my racket talk”: Taylor Townsend takes the high road after Jelena Ostapenko says she has “no education, no class” at U.S. Open

<p>Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.</p>


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