.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the most recent finish of a girls's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a far tougher and longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't quite as dominant on the US Open's hard courthouses, where Vekic experiences a lot more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to beat on challenging courtrooms, having actually hit her initial Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe actually pleased with on my own because it is actually challenging transforming surface areas coming from clay to hard, especially given that I returned to China, so I don't have the same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng mentioned. "So, primarily, I am actually simply attempting to hold myself, find a means to obtain the fit, even when I am actually not feeling at my greatest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also defeated Zheng last year in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- as long as she acquires 8 or nine hrs of sleep after lastly getting back to the hotel." I really as if to play against her, and I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the greatest gamers on tough courthouses, and also I've been actually anticipating this moment." Vekic was actually coming off her best cause a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on a possibility to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long stops in stress after overlooking a shot, periodically tugging at her hair or even relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to win the 2nd set and also the suit, steering Zheng back along with some scorching profits just before making use of a perfect reduce shot to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic helped make two upright spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng then cracked again at love for a 5-2 top before the sparse group that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous newest coating for a females's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.