.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the current end of a women's suit in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a much more durable and also longer exam than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She wasn't fairly as prevalent on the US Open's hard courthouses, where Vekic believes much more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to beat on difficult courtrooms, having actually hit her very first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe truly proud of myself considering that it's challenging changing surface areas from clay-based to hard, specifically since I got back to China, so I don't possess the very same practice like all the various other gamers," Zheng said. "Thus, generally, I'm simply making an effort to hold myself, discover a method to obtain the complement, even if I'm not experiencing at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise defeated Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- just as long as she obtains 8 or even 9 hours of rest after ultimately getting back to the hotels and resort." I really just like to bet her, and also I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the best players on hard courthouses, and I have actually been anticipating this instant." Vekic was actually coming off her ideal lead to a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on an opportunity to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy pauses in frustration after skipping a chance, periodically moving her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to gain the 2nd set and also the suit, driving Zheng back with some blistering gains prior to using an ideal reduce fired to offer herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic created two straight unforced inaccuracies, and also Zheng cracked her. Zheng then broke again at affection for a 5-2 top in front of the sparse crowd that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent coating for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.