.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the latest end of a women's match in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hours, 50 mins, a much more durable as well as longer exam than she got from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's first songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She had not been rather as dominant on the United States Open's tough courtrooms, where Vekic believes so much more relaxed than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to trump on challenging courtrooms, having actually hit her first Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually happy with myself due to the fact that it is actually challenging modifying surfaces from clay-based to hard, particularly because I went back to China, so I don't possess the same strategy like all the other players," Zheng stated. "So, primarily, I am actually merely trying to hold myself, find a method to get the suit, even though I'm not experiencing at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who also beat Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- as long as she receives 8 or nine hours of sleep after finally responding to the resort." I truly such as to bet her, as well as I am actually anticipating betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the best players on hard courts, as well as I've been expecting this moment." Vekic was actually going over her finest cause a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on an odds to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took long pauses in disappointment after missing out on a chance, from time to time moving her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to gain the 2nd set as well as also the suit, steering Zheng back along with some scorching returns just before using an ideal reduce shot to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic created 2 upright spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng then broke again at affection for a 5-2 top before the thin group that had stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most current coating for a girls's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.