.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the latest end of a girls's match in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a far tougher and also longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She wasn't very as dominant on the US Open's challenging courtrooms, where Vekic thinks far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to defeat on difficult courthouses, having actually reached her very first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel definitely pleased with myself since it is actually difficult changing surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, particularly because I got back to China, so I do not possess the same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng stated. "Therefore, primarily, I am actually merely trying to hold on my own, find a way to acquire the fit, even when I am actually not experiencing at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also defeated Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- provided that she acquires eight or 9 hrs of rest after ultimately returning to the resort." I actually such as to bet her, and I am actually anticipating playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the greatest players on challenging courthouses, as well as I have actually been anticipating this moment." Vekic was actually going over her absolute best result in a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she skipped an opportunity to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long pauses in frustration after overlooking a shot, sometimes tugging at her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to succeed the second set and also the match, driving Zheng back with some blistering returns prior to making use of a perfect drop fired to offer herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic helped make pair of straight unforced errors, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng then broke once more at love for a 5-2 lead facing the sporadic group that had stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most current appearance for a females's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.