"You can take the loss a bit better, learn how to lose" - Heated scenes after mixed doubles match as Ostapenko accuses opponents of time wasting

It was a tense and bitter ending in the Wimbledon mixed doubles contest with Jelena Ostaponko in the heart of the drama. She and her partner, Marcelo Arevalo, took down Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Laura Siegemund 6-4, 7-6 in a very tight match. Despite the win, time violations late on left Roger-Vasselin and Siegemund fuming with Ostapenko arguing back in a fiery exchange.

The number two seeds confirmed their spot in the semi-finals and will continue to challenge for Grand Slam glory at Wimbledon, but the talking points after the match have not been around the win.

An argument was ongoing long after the final point as the players tried to state their case. Roger-Vasselin and Siegemund especially in what they thought were dreadful decisions by the umpire in the all-important second tiebreak, who had given the German back-to-back time violations with one of her serves forfeited.

They were not happy following the result, missing a set point to force a deciding set as their opponents got over the line. It appeared that Siegemund did not shake Ostapenko's hand with a frosty exchange between the Latvian and Roger-Vasselin at the net.

Roger-Vasselin, a two-time doubles Grand Slam champion, had the chance to berate the umpire following those decisions he made which did not fall well for the Frenchman. Siegemund joined his teammate as Ostapenko also got involved.

"You can take the loss a bit better, learn how to lose," Ostapenko stated, turning from viewer to protagonist. Roger-Vasselin ignored this and continued his chat with the umpire. "No, but you know what I mean. She's not doing it on purpose, of course, but then we're losing time. I mean, you made your move. It's a terrible move and you don't understand that."

"It's a very good move. You did a great job. Finally, somebody is not afraid to do that," Ostapenko said, followed by a distinct "what" by Roger-Vasselin. "Somebody is not afraid to say something when she's taking two minutes between serves and before serving. Everyone knows this."

"No. Today everything was fine. She was never late," Roger-Vasselin argued. The former Roland Garros champion disagreed. "She was late a lot of times. Maybe you didn't look at the clock. I re-toss the ball, but I'm pretty much on time all the time."

Roger-Vasselin's case was that he and Siegemund was also losing time, again trying to explain that. "No, I know," Ostapenko continued. "Sometimes I'm not on time and the chair umpire warns me, and then I try to be faster. But she didn't warn us at any time."

She stated that this was always how she was in singles. "Okay, but this isn't a singles match. Whatever happens in singles happens, but here, all match it was fine. But you can't do it at 7–7, you know what I mean? At 7–7."

And it continued even more with seemingly both players not set to ever look eye-to-eye on this certain topic. Ostapenko and Arevalo will march on into the semi-finals with them just two wins away from clinching the title. They have a tough match against the third seeds who go by Christian Harrison and Shuai Zhang.