.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the current finish of a ladies's suit in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 mins, a far more durable as well as longer examination than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st singles gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She had not been fairly as leading on the United States Open's difficult courts, where Vekic thinks so much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to beat on difficult courts, having actually reached her initial Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience really pleased with myself due to the fact that it's difficult transforming surfaces coming from clay to hard, specifically due to the fact that I went back to China, so I don't have the same practice like all the other gamers," Zheng stated. "Therefore, primarily, I'm only trying to hold on my own, locate a method to acquire the match, even though I am actually certainly not feeling at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally defeated Zheng in 2015 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll be ready-- provided that she obtains eight or even nine hours of sleep after finally getting back to the resort." I truly such as to bet her, and also I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest players on challenging courts, and also I have actually been expecting this minute." Vekic was actually going over her finest result in a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on an odds to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took long pauses in stress after overlooking a try, occasionally moving her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the second collection and also even the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching returns just before making use of an ideal reduce fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic helped make 2 straight spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng damaged her. Zheng then damaged once more at passion for a 5-2 lead facing the sparse crowd that had remained past 2 a.m.The previous most current finish for a women's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.