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NEW YORK — Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai have stopped Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova's bid for a second straight major women's doubles title, beating the No. 3 seeds 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 at the U.S. Open. Mladenovic and Shuai will play Friday against the No. 7-seeded team of Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok, who lost in this year's Australian Open final. Siniakova had swept the Grand Slam doubles tournaments since, winning the French Open title with Coco Gauff before teaming with Townsend to take the trophy at the All England Club. Ostapenko and Kichenok beat the No. 10-seeded team of Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday.
