Jelena Ostapenko roared in the face of the coach she believed was trash-talking her and doubles partner Hsieh Su-wei as she celebrated their victory over Australian-Taiwanese team Maya Joint and Chan Hao-ching. The former French Open champion is frequently found at the centre of on-court drama, but on Monday was only keen to defend herself and Hsieh from the behaviour of the Joint-Chan coaching box, who she has claimed were cheering and clapping their mistakes past the threshold of sportsmanship. The on-court fracas bubbled over during the 6-4, 6-4 clash with Hsieh speaking to the chair umpire during the changeover at 4-1 to Joint and Chan. Ostapenko had previously celebrated in the direction of the opposition’s player box after striking a winner for 30-15, but things came to a head during the break, with Hsieh heard asking for the chair umpire to intervene. Hsieh’s conversation with the umpire was muted, with the player, who is also Taiwanese, referencing a breach in ‘sportsmanship’. This in turn prompted Ostapenko to throw her support behind her long-time partner. ‘No, they cannot do this – it’s very disrespectful,’ Ostapenko stressed. ‘They do this because they know they cannot beat us, because they’re so much worse than us. They’re doing this on purpose.’Ostapenko then pointed at the player’s box, adding: ‘If he’s going to do this again, call the supervisor.’ Jelena Ostapenko had a retort after allegedly suffering trash talk and poor sportsmanship Hsieh implied that they had been subject to comments in Chinese, with Ostapenko doubling down on her partner’s translation, telling the umpire: ‘He’s saying s***, he’s not cheering.’ There was back-and-forth between the umpire and the doubles partnership, with Hsieh keen that he intervened, hence why she ‘reported the issue.”You’ve got to listen to us,’ she added, with Ostapenko stressing the same message. When the chair umpire finally confirmed that he would be taking matters in hand, Ostapenko urged that the chair umpire find somebody who ‘speaks her language’ to ensure that the comments from the opposition box were caught. ‘Then find someone! There are chair umpires who speak Chinese,’ Ostapenko replied, after seemingly learning that this might be a challenge. After the lengthy break, Ostapenko and Hsieh returned to court and let their tennis do the talking, stopping the rot against the younger partnership and carrying off the match in straight sets – prompting the wild celebrations. Following the match, Ostapenko clarified to Daily Mail Sport the series of events. ‘I felt like it was a little bit too intense from their side,’ she shared after the match. ‘I understand every player has a team behind them and the team is supporting (them), but I felt like when we were on their side, they were doing this on purpose. ‘That’s why me and Su-wei spoke with the chair umpire because I felt after every easy mistake we did, they were just like clapping and shouting, which in doubles is not very common. ‘I understand you can do this sometimes in singles, when you really want to support your player, but normally in doubles, I think that happened for the first or the second time ever.’After every mistake, Ostapenko added, the team would comment that they had struck a ‘beautiful shot’ sarcastically in Chinese, with Hsieh translating for Ostapenko. But the jibes only served as fuel for the team. ‘I respect all players and all teams of the players, but I feel like sometimes, these kind of things are done on purpose, and I don’t feel like this is something that should be happening,’ she continued. ‘You should respect each other, and that’s why I got so angry, and I started to (yell) “come on!” so much. Because these kind of things, they pump me up even more. Then I’m saying (to myself), “I’m not gonna lose this match. I can die on court, but I’m not gonna lose this match.”‘