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in the 2024 us open women's doubles semi-finals that ended on september 5, beijing time, zhang shuai/mladenovic fought for three sets and defeated the no. 3 seeds siniakova/townsend 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the final. this is also the 35-year-old zhang shuai's fourth career grand slam women's doubles final.

after the victory, zhang shuai and her partner mladenovic once again made the same celebrations as mbappe and ronaldo. the 35-year-old chinese golden flower crossed her hands in front of her chest, which is mbappe's signature celebration.

mladenovic performed ronaldo's iconic siu move to celebrate, and this was the second time zhang shuai and mladenovic celebrated in this way after winning two consecutive rounds.

when asked about the reason for the celebration, zhang shuai said that they were both football fans, so she and her partner often talked about football during the game. zhang shuai's idol is mbappe, and mladenovic's idol is cristiano ronaldo.

zhang shuai said: "mbappe's idol used to be cristiano ronaldo, just like my idol before was kiki (mladenovic). i used to say that if i could partner with kiki one day, it would be like the photo of mbappe looking up at cristiano ronaldo. so now, today, let's go for it!"

after reaching the us open women's doubles final, this is the fourth time in her career that she has reached the grand slam doubles final. in the previous three grand slam doubles finals, zhang shuai had a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, winning 2 championships. the last time zhang shuai won the women's doubles championship in a grand slam was at the us open three years ago.

next, they will compete with no. 7 seeds chichenok/ostapenko for the championship. if they win the championship, they can share $750,000 equally. even if they win the runner-up, they can still share a minimum of $375,000 equally.