Vesnina roasts Ostapenko's Charleston speech

Call it sour grapes, or call it a feud in the making. Jelena Ostapenko finished runner-up at Charleston this past weekend, and her speech as finalist left something to be desired—namely even a passing reference to the event's champion, Daria Kasatkina, her vanquisher by a decisive 6-3, 6-1 count.

That omission of credit to the winner, customary among runner-up speeches, set off a disgruntled Twitter post from Elena Vesnina, an early-round loser in Charleston.

Vesnina herself, the Indian Wells singles champion, might have been reeling in irritation from her own unceremonious exit from the event. She was defeated in her opening match by the then–No. 282-ranked (and wonderfully named) qualifier Fanny Stollar.

All of this brouhaha shouldn't detract from the fact that Kasatkina, still a teenager, announced her arrival as a WTA mainstay in an important way. She became the sixth teenager to win the event, joining such luminaries as Chris Evert, Tracy Austin, Steffi Graf and more.

Further, spare a moment for Ostapenko. While some of her colleagues may not care much for her these days, she is also young at 19. Anyone at that age, no matter how tournament-wise already, has growing up to do. Ostapenko and her similarly youthful peers will do just that, and the WTA will be better for it.

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