.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the current end of a ladies's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a significantly harder and also longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She wasn't fairly as leading on the US Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic believes a lot more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to defeat on challenging courtrooms, having reached her initial Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel actually pleased with myself since it is actually challenging modifying surfaces from clay-based to hard, specifically given that I got back to China, so I don't possess the same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, essentially, I'm merely attempting to store on my own, locate a technique to obtain the suit, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not experiencing at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally beat Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her way to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- so long as she acquires eight or 9 hours of sleep after ultimately responding to the lodging." I definitely just like to bet her, and also I'm awaiting betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest players on difficult courtrooms, and also I've been actually anticipating this instant." Vekic was actually coming off her finest cause a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on an opportunity to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops in aggravation after overlooking a shot, from time to time tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to succeed the second set and even the match, driving Zheng back along with some scorching yields before utilizing an excellent decrease shot to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic made pair of upright unforced errors, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng at that point broke once more at passion for a 5-2 top in front of the sporadic group that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date finish for a ladies's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.